The fight in this chapter is what I consider the first true Allomantic battle of the series. This is what it’s supposed to feel like—there’s a reason I started with the concept of Vin feeling free. Allomantic battle is graceful, yet sharp. It is leaps through the mist and clever uses of Pushes and Pulls. This is what attracted me most to the magic system—not the logic of metals and the like, though I enjoy that. I loved the idea of mist, plus flying forms in fluttering mistcloaks.
I realize that it’s obvious, by the way, that Kelsier is her opponent. I didn’t write the chapter calling him ‘her opponent’ to be surprising. I just thought that by de-emphasizing Kelsier, I could better create an illusion of tension. The idea is that Vin herself isn’t thinking of him as Kelsier. Just as an opponent.
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