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The girl was remarkably skilled. But her time on the streets had also left her with remarkable scars. Hopefully he would be able to encourage the skills while helping heal the scars.
Kelsier smiled. “You’re not going to admit that I caught you, are you?” Vin almost smiled back. Reen’s training came to her rescue. The man who wants you to trust him is the one you must fear the most.
Vin took a seat in one of the stiffly upholstered maroon chairs, tucking her feet up beneath her. She knew what the problem was. Kelsier had been showing her too much respect, making her feel too important. She was beginning to think that she deserved to be part of his secret confidences. Reen’s laughter in the back of her mind discredited those thoughts, and she sat, annoyed at both herself and Kelsier, feeling ashamed, but not exactly certain why.
She wanted to believe him, and that desire should have made her more skeptical. But looking into those eyes—eyes she had always found so honest—she found herself swayed. For the first time she could remember, she completely pushed aside Reen’s whispers, and simply believed.
“How can you be so optimistic?” Vin asked. “You and Kelsier both.” “I don’t know, mistress,” Sazed said. “Perhaps our lives have been easier than yours. Or perhaps we are simply more foolish.”
Have you ever cowered before your brother as he beat you, all the time
feeling thankful because at least you had someone who paid attention to you?
“I don’t know,” Vin said. “Once maybe I would have thought you a fool, but … well, that’s kind of what trust is, isn’t it? A willful self-delusion? You have to shut out that voice that whispers about betrayal, and just hope that your friends aren’t going to hurt you.” Kelsier chuckled. “I don’t think you’re helping the argument any, Vin.” She shrugged. “Makes sense to me. Distrust is really the same thing—only on the other side. I can see how a person, given the choice between two assumptions, would choose to trust.” “But not you?” Kelsier asked. Vin shrugged again. “I don’t know anymore.”
