scrambled toward him. At first he thought perhaps this person had seen his spirit. But no, they ran to his corpse and knelt. Now that she was close, he could make out the details of this figure’s features, cut of mist and glowing from deep within. “Ah, child,” Kelsier said. “I’m sorry.” He reached out and cupped Vin’s face as she wept over him, and found he could feel her. She was solid to his ethereal fingers. She didn’t seem able to feel his touch, but he caught a vision of her from the real world, cheeks stained with tears.
