The senator soared over the Elendel, rushing through the air to his hearing. He was an allomancer, a coinshot specifically, and had the ability to push off metals and soar through the air. He hurtled down towards the ground, and pushed hard again off a streetlamp, making it shake and wobble. Hah. Soon he reached the senate building. It was said that Lord Mistborn himself had overseen the building of this place. He would be honored by what he was about to do.

He saw Terra, waiting for him. He swept his eyes over her. She had long vibrant blonde hair which was currently tucked up in a neat little ponytail. She was wearing a very professional looking white top and a short black skirt. She was, unfortunately for her, an aluminium burner. Aluminium had the power to wipe your metal reserves. Not a very useful power on its own, since she could only wipe out metals she could burn, such as aluminium. Perhaps the Mistborn of old, who had all sixteen metal powers, had some use for it, but on its own she was but a gnat. Anyway, she looked all proper for their meeting. She ran forward to hug him.

"I have your notes Novan. All of them." He hugged her back, grinning at her and spoke.

"I'm more glad you're here. You're noteworthy." She smiled, laughed, and they walked on.

He gestured at the briefcase she held and "This will be a difficult debate. A lot for them to get their heads round. I need you with me." She smiled at him, and spoke while rubbing his arm.

"I'll always be there if you need me." She looked to the side at another woman, a brunette who he didn't know. "But I will have to be right back. I am just one aide, I have a lot of people who I have to serve." She handed him the briefcase and ran off to speak to the other women. "Senator Mera, can I help you with your bag?"

He supposed the woman must be a member of his party then, if Terra was helping her. He had spent a lot of time out of these halls. Well, now was time for his comeback.

He went to his chamber and looked through his notes. Terra had arranged them well, everything was there. Perfect. He quickly skimmed through them to make sure every part of his speech was good, that all the images for the projector were ready. They were.

Terra soon returned. He handed her the suitcase, and they went off to the senate room.

It was a magnificent place. A circle, arranged into sixteen quadrants, one for each of the allomantic metals. Packed full of men and women today, for this important event. You didn't have to be an allomancer to be a senator, but most were, and by tradition you would sit with others of your kind. Of course, of late there had been a lot more discord and people had been segregating themselves, but soon, he hoped, he could change that.

He walked to his seat, sitting next to a man in red and gold. His speech was first so soon he would get a chance. The announcer spoke, speaking the dull formalities and announcing him. He waited. And waited, not listening. Eventually he heard what he wanted.

"...On whether Abortion should be legalized in the sixteen districts of Elendel..." It was time to speak. The announcer cleared his throat, and spoke, in a deep and grouchy voice. "Senator Novan, taking the stand."

He spoke.

"My fellow Senators, I thank you for your time. I am here to talk to you about abortion. But first, let me talk about babies." He gestured to Terra, and the first image appeared on the detector. Those like him who could burn steel and use it to push metals could also, with practice, see the metals in a person's body. This was a drawing of a baby inside a mother's stomach, twisting and turning, sucking on its thumb.

"Life starts at conception. To say otherwise is arrogance of the greatest sort. Only a machine like a clock or a watch comes into existence part by part. A baby is born whole and real and alive. What is important is not the size or the weight, but the essence. And that is human. Terra, please?"

She smiled back at him, looking proud, and went to the next picture. This was a series of allomancy aided drawing, of a baby's heart beating. "Five to six weeks after they are born, their heart starts beating. Soon after that their brain develops, they are able to feel and understand the world. My own wife once told me that when my first child was inside her she would sing old nursery rhymes to him when he was still in her womb. My son recognized her voice once he was born. It was the only way to get him to sleep." He gestured at Terra, and she went to the next picture. It was a series of pictures, detailing the development of a baby from a barely visible coil to a birthed baby.

"You were all once children like these. You were all enchanted beings. We were all created by god. We are all like this. I am a survivor. A followed of many paths. I know some disagree with who the god is, but we can all agree that humanity is a divine race. And that extends to babies."

"That makes them alive. They're not just fetuses, uncaring sacks of life that you can dispose of like trash. They're living, real beings." He smiled at the crowds, and smacked his hands together, making a fist."

And that means you can steal their power with hemalurgy. If you approve my bill, to legalize abortion, I will be using the principles of Hemalurgy that I discovered on my trips abroad. Babies, as divine humans like you or me, have allomantic potential. These babies will be sent to the feeding line. Then- Terra please".

An image of a large machine appeared, with a thin spike appeared on the screen. Several dead babies were lying in a bin nearby, speared by the spike. It seemed to radiate power. He gestured at it smiling as the other Senators started to talk among themselves.

"By using my patented allomantic equalizer, the allomantic potential, the little fragment of god in these aborted babies can be ripped out and used for the common good. It just takes five babies to fully charge a spikes." He put a hand on his heart, and saluted to the flag. "For the good of Elendel, for the good of all. There will be no more need to rank society based on how powerful your parents are, on what power you have. Because babies are alive, and they are powerful. All of you can become full allomancers, Mistborns. You can have more than one power. You can have them all." No one spoke. There was silence across the room, bated breaths. He smiled again at Terra, who was beaming with happiness and pride, then spread his hands

"Who's with me?" There was a moments more silence, and then everyone cheered. It was going to plan.