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After the surviving Vanishers are taken into custody and interrogated, Waxillium recognizes the description of a man working with Miles whom they call "Mister Suit," leading him to believe they are talking about his [supposed] late uncle, [[Edwarn Ladrian]]. Following up on a lead to Suit's current whereabouts, Wax boards a train at [[Dryport]] and confirms his suspicions.
Confronting his uncle face to face, Waxillium demands that Edwarn give up the location of the other women the Vanishers had kidnapped. Unthreatened, Edwarn welcomes Wax to attempt to expose his operation, as there is no real proof pointing to the old man's involvement. Wax listens as his uncle chastises him for his purported self-righteousness, just as he did when Wax was a child. When Wax moves to take matters into his own hands, Edwarn calls in his men, who
But not before Wax swipes his uncle's appointment book.{{book ref|mb4|epilogue}}
===A Face in the Crowd===
Newly rescued, Steris suggests to Wax that their shared ordeal affords the two of them an opportunity to speed up their marriage contract and announce their engagement much sooner than previously planned. Initially hesitant, Wax agrees that the couple should move forward, endeavoring to push away any potentially romantic thoughts of Marasi and bury his painful memories of Lessie.
Due to his invaluable contributions toward the resolution of the Vanishers case, Wax is granted a citywide deputized forbearance by the Elendel Senate as well as certain allowances to practice his Roughs-style justice in the city. {{book ref|mb4|20}}
Months later, while steel-pushing through the crowded city streets in hot pursuit of bank robber the [[Marksman]] (an Allomancer connected with the Set who featured in Edwarn’s appointment book), Wax is stunned and deeply disturbed to recognize the face of an onlooker in the sidewalk below —Bloody Tan, Lessie’s murderer. {{book ref|mb3|2}}
===Wax and Steris' Wedding===
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