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I'm not sure why people have issues with line now, in this book. Dox did curse him as he died: (From Well of Ascension): "Dockson gritted his teeth, sending a final curse Kelsier’s way, then charged, swinging."

Sure am glad there was noone else around within earshot when I read that.

Hmm, I don't see why a Lurcher would not be able to make something orbit him by constantly pulling it towards him if it's already got momentum perpendicular to that pull.. But I think it would take some insane amount of skill to be able to make one thing remain in orbit around you, let alone keeping up enough to provide some sort of shield. Also you'd have to deal with gravity pulling down and air resistance slowing them.. Hmmm. But now you have put into my mind pictures of Lurchers hurling things around in a similar way to an olympic hammer thrower. Redirecting projectiles by Pulling the projectiles around themselves, rather than directly to themselves. Have any Lurchers done this already? I can't remember.

I think apart from using 'tap' with modifiers, I like the word 'surge'. However, it still doesn't sound right to me, probably because of how it's used normally.. 'Surge' in common usage, when being used as a verb, is intransitive. i.e. <subject> surges, not <subject> surges <object>. And so when saying something like "I surged my metalmind", or even "I surged weight", it feels like.. the direction is wrong. Sorry, I don't think I'm explaining myself very well. I mean, when I perform this action of strongly tapping my metalmind for weight, I expect my weight to surge. Or to receive a surge of weight. Actually, I found this an issue with many of the other words that otherwise sounded great, the problem with that I felt like the direction needed to change. Weight surging into you, or you surging with extra weight, or your weight surging.

I agree with those moments that people have already mentioned. The scene when Elend comes to rescue Vin, and Vin's response was a great moment. "You came back" brought such a welling of emotion in me. As a reader, we'd had the chance to sit in Vin's head and realise just how much this meant to her, and why it was so important. It was a wonderfully written scene. Also, I think that it was just a chapter or two previous that Vin had also learned that her brother had not betrayed her when he was captured, even under torture. In Hero of Ages, I also want to echo other people with regards to Marsh ripping out Vin's earring. It was such a small thing, but so significant, and I was so happy to see Marsh being able to make a difference, despite how strong Ruin's grasp was on him. From a visualisation standpoint, in HOA I truly loved the imagery in the scene near the end, when Mist-Vin is powering Elend's allomancy after his metal stores have run out. Sorry, guess I'm a sucker for angelic imagery, but that description, where he glances up and sees Vin hovering over him, streaming out behind, hands on his shoulders. I had to pause a moment to really fix that image in my head before I moved on. Amazing.