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With real proof that his sister was alive, for the first time in years, Wax knew he was being manipulated into doing Harmony’s bidding again; though this time, he endeavored to step in with his eyes wide open. Wax catagorically rejected VenDell’s extended gifting of another Pathian earring. He would do this on his own, without Harmony’s voice in his ear.{{book ref|mb6|4}}
Joined on the train to New Seran by Steris, who was becoming increasingly familiar and useful company, Wax soon found it difficult to interrupt her intense reading of a book. He needed to mine her keen knowledge of local politics and slake his curiosity after he noticed increased protests of Elendel’s tariffs, visible out the windows as they passed through the outer cities. Distracting her further, Wax was delighted to finally catch a glimpse of what had earlier held Steris’s attention so doggedly; she had been reading a book on basic human reproduction. Mortified, Steris attempted to change the subject, but the discovery only added to Wax’s growing affection for the woman.{{book ref|mb6|5}}
The train that Wax and his group is riding on gets robbed, Wax and the others fight back.
In the ensuing fight, Wax works his way up to the courier cars at the front of the train, taking out most of the robbers on the train. Eventually, Wax reaches the courier cars and encounters a group of robbers that have thrown bottles of a noxious gas into the courier cars and have stolen the money in the cars. Wax heads into the courier car upon hearing that the robbers have a metalborn with them and then realizes that his metal reserves have vanished. He then fights a brute first in the car then on the roof of the train. Steris steps up on to the roof of the train and tries to shoot the brute with a shotgun but the kickback knocks her back off of the train and Wax jumps off to save her.{{book ref|mb6|7}} After saving Steris, Wax goes to clean up the remaining thieves and the brute. Wax dispatches the brute by using a sphere device from Ranette, wrapping the cord around the brute's leg and throwing it into some trees, yanking him off the train; the other bandits are frozen in a cadmium bubble until they reached Ironstand station.{{book ref|mb6|8}} At Ironstand station Wax gets his wounds treated and then catches a freight train to New Seran With his group.
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