Difference between revisions of "Summary:Shadows of Self"

Wayne is residing in Wax's mansion. He has a minor illness because he is filling his goldmind -- with all the dead people at Winsting's place, he's bound to be needing healing soon. Wax has been up all night analyzing the crime scene. He's convinced that a Steelrunner is involved. Wayne studies the picture and points out that the first four shots came from the direction of the enemies of those being shot, sowing even more chaos. Wax wants Wayne to go to the [[Village]] to investigate, but he has another task that he must do since it's the first day of the month.▼

Marasi buys the afternoon edition of the paper to monitor the Winsting story. She notices a number of unemployed men, their life-long jobs gone due to technological progress. The governor seems unresponsive to the ills of the city, vetoing a workers' rights bill. Now the populace will wonder if he is as corrupt as his brother. Marasi fears that the city is reaching a breaking point.▼

Wax enters the Village and runs into three Terris guards ("brutes," or pewter ferrings). They tell him to get lost, but [[Vwafendal]], his grandmother, intervenes.▼

Wayne arrives at Elendel University for his three tests. He sees two guards, apparently watching for him, and he sees that his other ways in have been foiled. He talks to Dims, a leader of a street gang, and tries some gum for the first time. Wayne bribes him into wearing his clothes and trying to get through the gate. When he does, Wayne saunters in with no problem. He heads to the girls' dormitory and faces his second test: a large woman he calls the "Tyrant of Pashadon." He bribes her with a ticket to the governor's spring dinner he has obtained in a "trade" with Wax. She leads him into the visiting room and sends for [[Allriandre]]. He offers her the usual monthly stipend, and she shows him the picture of her father, forcing him to repeat his crime. She looks at him without emotion and makes sure he knows that he is not forgiven for killing him. Wayne humbly accepts her treatment.▼

Wax enters his grandmother's log hut, appointed with reminders of Terris past. Vwafendal worries about the mixing of Feruchemy and Allomancy -- she fears another tyrant will come. He asks for the names of known Steelrunners. They rehash old arguments about Wax's chosen way of life as a lawkeeper. She finally reveals the name of [[Idashwy]] as the only one who could be involved. She left the Village after behaving strangely. Wax recognizes the name, and she reminds him that she was with him "that night."{{book ref|mb6|Prologue}} She asks him to bring her back instead of killing her.▼