After two weeks of unconsciousness, Vin wakes up in her room in Clubs’s shop to find Spook watching over her. Kelsier visits her later that day and updates Vin on Marsh’s progress; he has been accepted as an acolyte in the Steel Ministry. Kelsier apologizes for bringing Vin with him to Kredik Shaw, prompting Vin to consider her relationship with the entire crew: “What did one make of a world where a crewleader agonized over his people?” (269) Reen’s voice continues to influence Vin by suggesting if she does not recover quickly and return to her role in the crew, she will be left behind.

Vin is taken by carriage back to Fellise and Lord Renoux’s mansion. She questions how an imposter could adopt the persona of Lord Renoux so completely, still unaware that he is a kandra. She visits Sazed in the mansion’s library and questions whether he is an Allomancer, noting that it would have otherwise been impossible for him to save her from the Inquisitors. Sazed explains that Keepers are Feruchemists and store knowledge, memory, and physical attributes in pieces of metal that must touch their skin.