Govir Posted January 11, 2016 Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 I don't think the three clips themselves will really matter (although she will probably find them). It's more likely setting up her skill as an accountant to they can come in usefull later without looking like a deus ex machina. I don't think this will be specific to accounting. I think it's further emphasizing Steris's ability / tendency to take in every detail and think of it. Perhaps even an ability to notice differences between two things that are supposed to be the same, like maybe something written in metal vs something written on paper... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamEternal Posted January 11, 2016 Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 (edited) I myself think she will accidentaly uncover a plot by the Set in her quest for the lost three clips. Edited January 11, 2016 by DreamEternal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orlion Blight Posted January 11, 2016 Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 I don't think the three clips themselves will really matter (although she will probably find them). It's more likely setting up her skill as an accountant to they can come in usefull later without looking like a deus ex machina. I imagine this is the case as well. Wax will have a "oh, it's like the missing clips!" moment and we'll have a lark. Also, it serves a world-building purpose as well: it shows/verifies/clarifies that 100 clips are equal to one boxing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormgate Posted January 11, 2016 Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 With Steris' lack of information... you say she could talk to Marasi about it, without remembering that Marasi has an awkward detector that turns her face red. Not the type to talk about things of that nature. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahak Posted January 11, 2016 Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 Steris is slowly but surely growing to be my favourite character in all of everything. She had. To interview. Prostitutes. That is simultaneously hilarious and so sad. Poor thing. Luckily MeLaan is along and has certain advantages in explaining human physiology. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamEternal Posted January 11, 2016 Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 Luckily MeLaan is along and has certain advantages in explaining human physiology. Worst idea ever. MeLaan is like a shapeshifting Wayne, she will probably make things so embarassing Steris will kill herself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natc Posted January 11, 2016 Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 Best of all, MeLaan can probably offer tips from both perspectives if she ever tried to experiment with this stuff. *cough* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormgate Posted January 11, 2016 Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 MeLaan can probably have enough tact to be professional about it, she just might not like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaymyth Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 With Steris' lack of information... you say she could talk to Marasi about it, without remembering that Marasi has an awkward detector that turns her face red. Not the type to talk about things of that nature. Well, I meant that in response to the previously stated notion that Steris had a very lonely life with nobody to talk to about anything. That just isn't true; she and Marasi seem to have a fairly strong bond. But no, asking Marasi about this sort of thing would not work on so many levels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormgate Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 I'm just imagining the conversation. I'm not able to get any further than a lot of "umm..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaukan-son-Hasweth Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 Mistborn era1,5 book nr.5 : the coins of inaccuracy with steris as main character 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahak Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 Worst idea ever. MeLaan is like a shapeshifting Wayne, she will probably make things so embarassing Steris will kill herself. No, the worst idea ever would be to ask VenDell to explain. Unlike Wayne, MeLaan can be serious when the situation demands. Alsdo unlike Wayne she doesn't have anything against Steris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natc Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 (edited) Mistborn era1,5 book nr.5 : the coins of inaccuracy with steris as main character With interludes depicting Wayne on a trading spree across town on his quest of global drunkenness. Edited January 12, 2016 by natc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoddessIMHO Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 I love how Wax tells her she could just ask him about sex and what will be involved. I swear, I had actually imagined she would ask a prostitute what to do before I read it. Now to see if Lord Ladrian can catch a clue. I am on this ship and really hope we get a good view of how it wraps them both up. Those clips have to be a clue. I like what Twelfth of snack time had to say about the set maybe bilking everyone of just a little to get a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypatia Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 With every new chapter there's the feeling Mistborn 1,5 is written to get this child/children for Mistborn 2. Steris and Wax have different interests, but both are the "Sherlock Holmes"-types - they want to know the answer to each little question, that isn't explained. With Steris Wax is free for his "hobbies" without ruining his House, because this is what Steris is interested in. Oh my - I seldom ship a couple, but this one is nearly perfect....so cute, so awkward... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Portz Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 (edited) Naaa ... Steris by now ist way too tough to kill herself :-) Worst idea ever. MeLaan is like a shapeshifting Wayne, she will probably make things so embarassing Steris will kill herself. EDIT: Heeding the scissor in my head Edited January 12, 2016 by Atastor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yurisses Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 You know how people make a hoop with their thumb and index finger on one hand and thrust their other hand's index finger inside the hoop? Yeah, that's how I'd imagine MeLaan explaining it. Except, instead of hands... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
What's a Seawolf? Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 Before the reveal of what Steris was reading, I really thought it would be Spook's Hemalurgy book. Still say she ends up spiked or with the Bands of Mounring before the book's end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamEternal Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 Before the reveal of what Steris was reading, I really thought it would be Spook's Hemalurgy book. Still say she ends up spiked or with the Bands of Mounring before the book's end. No. I don't want everyone special to have magic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 You know how people make a hoop with their thumb and index finger on one hand and thrust their other hand's index finger inside the hoop? Yeah, that's how I'd imagine MeLaan explaining it. Except, instead of hands... You know, MeLaan could probably demonstrate fully. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamEternal Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 You know, MeLaan could probably demonstrate fully. And you tell me Steris wouldn't feel so embarassed she'd rather kill herself. Worst. Idea. Ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Bard Posted January 13, 2016 Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 Am I the only one who actually feels sorry - and embarassed - for Steris at Wax discovering her reading material? Now I think of it, it does seem like Steris, but still... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havoc Posted January 13, 2016 Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 At least it wasn't Wayne who discovered her book. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormingTexan Posted January 13, 2016 Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 At least it wasn't Wayne who discovered her book. I dunno I would have liked to hear Wayne's explanation and how trading is factored into these situations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaymyth Posted January 13, 2016 Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 At least it wasn't Wayne who discovered her book. Oh, man, that would've been brutal. I'm still trapped in the Geek Social Fallacy conundrum of how two of my favorite characters just do not get along so badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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