“I thought him dead. I knew he was dying—I held that power, Sazed, power you can’t imagine. Power you’ll never be able to imagine. The power to destroy worlds and remake them anew. The power to see and to understand. I saw him, and I knew he would die. And knew I had the power to save him.” Sazed looked up. “But I didn’t,” Vin said. “I let him bleed, and released the power instead. I consigned him to death.” “How?” Sazed asked. “How could you do such a thing?” “Because I looked into his eyes,” Vin said, “and knew it was what he wanted me to do. You gave me that, Sazed. You taught me to love
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