“Nice,” Ham noted. Any noble houses they could frighten out of the city would make seizing it that much easier. “That still leaves nine Great Houses in the city,” Breeze noted. “But they’ve started killing each other at night,” Kelsier said. “That’s only one step away from open war. I suspect we’ll see an exodus start here pretty soon—anyone who isn’t willing to risk assassination to maintain dominance in Luthadel will leave town for a couple of years.” “The strong houses don’t seem very afraid, though,” Vin said. “They’re still throwing balls, anyway.” “Oh, they’ll keep doing that right up
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