[It's painfully honest, dangerously so. It's a risk for Arya to take, revealing her own weakness, and Vin knows it. She knows, too, that revealing weakness like that hurts and terrifies. Watching Arya in profile, she bows her head slightly, thinking.]

[What would Kelsier say?]

If you're afraid of pain . . .

[She closes her eyes, despite the close presence of someone who is armed and so clearly dangerous - closes them and imagines Kelsier bloodied and broken. Remembers Elend calling for her, frightened and alone, carrying on by himself, though he shouldn't have had to.]

If you're afraid of pain, imagine your pack in pain. And push through it. You can put the pain away and feel it later, if you have something important enough to fight for.