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Miles Dagouter and Waxillium Ladrian are perhaps more similar than they are different.{{book ref|mb4|11}} They share an odd sort of mutual respect for one another, especially in each other's lawkeeping abilities. Miles is the only man other than Wayne that Wax trusted to watch over Weathering in his absence.{{book ref|mb4|2}} Wax was aware of some of Miles' hatred for the City though, and hoped that he would never act on his feelings.{{book ref|mb4|11}} His own similarity to Miles scares Wax. Miles for his part had huge respect for Wax, particularly for his skill as a Metalborn.{{book ref|mb4|19
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| I know Miles. I know how he thinks. He's like me.
| Waxillium Ladrian{{book ref|mb4|15}}
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Miles thinks that Wax is incredibly dangerous,{{book ref|mb4|17}} but one of the finest men in the world, but that in returning to Elendel to associate with the nobility, he has abandoned any right he has to protection.{{book ref|mb4|11}} Miles also believed that Wax was too soft though, he always wondered if he would one day have to hunt down Wax for letting someone go that he should not have.{{book ref|mb4|13}} This mutual respect did not extend to actual friendship though, neither man felt particularly close to the other.{{book ref|mb4|15}}
Miles and Wax's minds work in the same way as well. Miles deduced that Waxillium's strategy for catching the Vanishers would be to hide in the train car that they were stealing simply because he knew Wax so well.{{book ref|mb4|17}} Miles is disappointed in Wax for becoming one of the men that, in his mind, are the cause of all of the problems in the Roughs.{{book ref|mb4|13}}
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| Wax is not a friend. We were never friends—no more than two rival kings could ever be friends. We respect each other, we did similar jobs, and we worked together. It ends there.
| Miles on his relationship with Waxillium{{book ref|mb4|15}}
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He also feels that Wax wasted his potential, afraid to seize the true power that is his birthright as a Metalborn.{{book ref|mb4|19}} When fighting against Wax, Miles often becomes reckless, throwing aside his normally cautious nature in his attempts to prove that his actions are justified.{{book ref|mb4|11}}
In many ways, Miles and Wax are the same man that made a different decision, whether they were willing to work outside the law or not.{{book ref|mb4|13}} Both of them struggle with upholding the law at times, and feel a certain amount of anger and jealousy that others are permitted to break the law, while they are forced to enforce it.{{book ref|mb6|5}} Miles' frustrations however lead him to work outside the law, rejecting the established government. Miles mixes enforcement of an ideal law with vigilante justice carried out by himself and his men. Wax refuses to take matters into his own hands in this way. This ideological disagreement leads them into a conflict that cannot be avoided. Miles believes that since their paths have crossed,there is no way for it to end but in a final confrontation,{{book ref|mb4|15}} which Miles welcomes.{{book ref|mb4|17}}
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