1 - I set these words in steel, for anything not set in metal cannot be trusted

[white_emperor]

[ Nighttime isn't quite going to be quiet tonight. Elend is new here - and quite new to this style of world as well. ]

I know she said that it was wrong, but this is somewhat insane. No mists - although that great shining thing up there might be burning them away - and all of those - Stars, is that what they are? And no ash!

[ Elend spins in place, staring at the sky, before turning to the nearest person who has come to see what all his noise is about. ]

I've never managed to see the stars before, I'm no Tineye, or Mistborn, so I could never see through the clouds. Are clear nights common? [ But, in the face of all these new things, he is already distracted from his questions and turning to look at the ground - and the plants. ]

Are they this color because its dark? Or are they always.... green?

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[white_emperor]

Ah. Well - [ This is a little awkward, but let him think-

Sight was only one sense that Burning tin would help, so there are other things. ]

But you could know other things; does the air smell about right, or the woods and .. plants and foods?

[gentlelady]

Smell "right"...? I could smell, but I'm afraid you have to elaborate on that.

[white_emperor]

Familiar? Similar to things you know from home?

[ Actually he has very little idea of what he is talking about. ]

Sorry, I was just trying to make you feel better about that.

[gentlelady]

[ A pause... then, a small smile. It was a feeble attempt, but she appreciates the effort. ]

The only smell I felt really familiar with was that of the food at the cafeteria. [ She's half joking about that. ] But I've been here just for a couple days. I'm sure there'll be more things that I'm going to recall from back home.

[white_emperor]

[ Well, he did ask something kinda stupid, if he'd known, so he.. made a clumsy attempt to make it better. ]

Familiar food is a good thing. I have the feeling the only familiar foods may be meats, grains, or stews - If there are all these new plants, I doubt the vegetables I'm used to are around.

[gentlelady]

[ Tilting her head. ] You mean you haven't ever eaten a salad?

[white_emperor]

...

[ Let... him think about that. ]

If its made of green plants, then I haven't.

[gentlelady]

[ Trying to remember what she saw in the cafeteria... ]

It... probably has some lettuce in it.

[white_emperor]

If.. that is a green-plant, then I have no idea what it is.

[gentlelady]

Lettuce is a vegetable that comes from a plant, so there you have it.

[white_emperor]

Seems that there is a great deal of new things.

[gentlelady]

It's true. Honestly, everything seems new to me now that I can see them.

[white_emperor]

... I walked right into a reply like that, didn't I?

[ Elend you are being so clumsy with your words... ]

[gentlelady]

Oh? It's not a bad thing, isn't it? [ Pretty clumsy, yep. ]

[white_emperor]

Its just me being out of practice of purposefully making a fool of myself.

[ Usually it would be on purpose- ]

[gentlelady]

[ Chuckle chuckle! ] Shouldn't that be more of a natural thing to do?

[white_emperor]

Ah, but when trying to put a stain on the family name because you disapprove heartily of the actions and mannerisms of your father, it needs to be cultivated to be on-will.

[gentlelady]

Oh, so that is the reason? I wouldn't want to pry.

[white_emperor]

It shouldn't really matter, unless he ends up here as well...

[ ... Please let Straff not be here. That would be horrid... ]

[gentlelady]

In that case, I would wish he lives long enough not to end up here too soon, if I were you.

[ Ok, that's not a good thing to say, but it's true. ]

[white_emperor]

The problem with that is that he died a day or so before I did....

[ No, Elend, he died a day or so before what you last remember.. ]

[gentlelady]

[ ... oh. ]

So that means he might appear in this place as well. That's no good.

[white_emperor]

Not at all. Although maybe the shock of this place being odd will cause him to die again?

[ Wow Elend that is horrible to say of a parent- ]

[gentlelady]

[ Such is black humour. Not that she's that much scandalized, since people sometimes joked about her blindness back home. It was insensitive, but she got used to it eventually. She doesn't exactly smile at that, though. ]

I don't think people effectively die in here. You must not be fond of your parent at all.

[white_emperor]

It would be a little silly, now that I think of it. To die and be able to die again... Where would you go the second time?

Not at all.