Wax and Tensoon's Spikes

[Trusk'our]

In Shadows of Self, Wax manages to use Steelsight to pinpoint Tensoon's Hemalurgic spikes.

But the spikes were Invested, and more importantly, inside Tensoon's body, and Wax isn't even a particularly powerful Coinshot! 

How did this happen?

[alder24]

It's a steelsight thing. You can learn how to perceive the world by a steelsight like inquisitors do, it's just a matter of practice.

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Brandon Sanderson

By the way, you probably remember form book one the way that Inquisitors see. They have such a subtle touch with Steel and Iron, and their lines, that they can see via the trace metals in everyone's bodies and in the objects around them.

The thing is, any Allomancer with access to iron or steel could learn to do this. Some have figured it out, in the past, but in current times, nobody–at least, nobody the heroes know–is aware of this. Except, of course, for Marsh.

And he chose not to share it.

The Well of Ascension Annotations (Nov. 11, 2007)

 

Edited February 27, 2023 by alder24

[The Sovereign]

39 minutes ago, alder24 said:

It's a steelsight thing. You can learn how to perceive the world by a steelsight like inquisitors do, it's just a matter of practice.

 

To add to this; Wax likely gained the ability as he became a Steel Savant.

Edited February 27, 2023 by The Sovereign