A good noble would do what was necessary. Zane never did. A good noble would let himself be used. Zane... well, Zane did do that.

Zane likes being watched. Being admired. Being feared. Mistborn should always be like this: out in the open.

"Mistborn shouldn't kill each other," he says, finally, watching Kelsier carefully for his reaction. In an ideal world, this is true, and maybe, here, away from their game, it can be an ideal world. "Not for their games."