

He feels he's not quite ready, but he refuses to shirk his duty. As the ceremony begins, Wax starts feeling sick going through with this means giving up Lessie. He is still struggling with killing Lessie. Wax is still mad at Harmony and curtly pushes past the kandra. The man in the brown suit shows up again and reveals that he is a kandra. Wax is feeling fond of Steris, especially for the way she has helped him heal the last six months.

Steris plans for disturbances and delays, knowing they will come anyway with a man like Wax, and prepares accordingly. He and Steris talk while his valet Drewton helps him shave and change. He lands on a water tower next to a Survivorist church, where Steris is waiting. Part 1 Chapter 1 CharactersĪs Wax and Wayne go to an awaiting carriage, a man in a brown suit asks Wax for a moment of his time, so he decides to forgo the slow carriage and Push his way to his marriage, enjoying his flight across Elendel. Wax heads off to his wedding with Steris. The gang is no match for their combined powers. Wax and Wayne go on a raid with the constabulary. He decides that the Village is not for him. Vwafendal and others arrive, and Wax knows they will hate him for bringing violence into the Village and for being right. Forch Pushes back, but Wax releases his Push on parts of the bullet, allowing it to fire and take Forch in the head. He realizes he still has the bullet, so he runs back upstairs and Pushes the bullet at Forch. Wax manages to swallow a little steel and saves himself after being dropped out a window. Wax tries to swallow some steel, but the pouch is Pushed away, and Forch continues to attack and wound him. He again attacks Wax, this time Pushing nails at him. Wax runs into another room where a boy is tied down and bleeding Forch has used the escapade with the girls as an alibi. Wax goes to bed and tries to read, but he spies some movement outside and decides to investigate. Afterwards, he asks Tellingdwar about crime in the Village, and he tells him about a murder fifteen years back. He surreptitiously grabs the bullet as he leaves. She catches Wax eavesdropping, and they discuss how he has trouble fitting in in the Village. He leaves behind a bullet, infuriating Vwafendal. She refuses, insisting that the situation is in hand. The constable warns that arson often covers up other crimes and that she should accept the constabulary's help. Wax learns that a constable is visiting his grandmother, and he is compelled to return and find out more, eavesdropping on the conversation as they discuss a recent arson in the Village. They all head out through the Tin Gate into a different world. They have to sneak by his grandmother's office, but she has been called there for an emergency, so she probably won't be watching. He trails along as she meets up with three others: Kwashim, Idashwy, and Forch, a Coinshot like Wax. She refers to him by his Terris name: Asinthew. Waxillium calls to his sister, Telsin, who is sneaking off to town, skipping out on evening recitation.
