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Sazed instructs Spook on how to activate the water flow mechanism to divert the water back to the canals and verifies that they will be clear of people. Beldre pleas for more time for Quellion, but Spook declines, as Beldre's letter to Quellion was met with a cold response.
Spook and the rest of the crew travel to listen to a speech by Quellion that evening. Durn tells Spook that the Citizen plans to denounce him and attack his soldiers at the Canton building. During the speech, Spook hears signs of unplanned riots, and at this point, Durn's men start a disturbance and Goradel's soldiers rush the stage to engage Quellion's guards, and Spook himself goes to confront Quellion. He is urged by Kelsier to kill Quellion, though he sees Beldre in the crowd and hears her say for him not to hurt her brother. Then he is struck by a coin, and realizes that Beldre is a coinshot, and the crowd notices this as well. The crowd pushes Beldre to the stage after roughing her up, and Kelsier urges Spook to kill her and take her power. Spook is shaken by this, and realizes that everything is going wrong. Kelsier tells Spook to kill Beldre with a metal spike from the stage, and Spook realizes that Quellion can also see Kelsier. Spook realizes what is happening and finds and removes a bronze spike from Quellion's arm, causing both he and Kelsier to scream. He then removes his own metal splinter, and his thug ability and Kelsier both vanish.
Spook then arranges for the canals to flood despite interference from Beldre, so that the spreading fires can be extinguished. However, the Canton building is aflame and they are unable to enter it to reach the water mechanism. Spook overcomes his fear and rushes through the flames into the building, activating the machine and collapsing.
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