I figured it would make sense that the Lord Ruler would be so old, so experienced, and so powerful that he wouldn’t be able to be lied to. H’s been around people for centuries and centuries. It’s very hard to fool him.
His extreme power in Allomancy takes a little bit more explaining. It’ll take me three books to get to the real reasons for that one. So, you’ll need to be patient.
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