"Don't you miss them?"
"Of course I do," Ham said. "It's hard—I only get to spend a few months at a time with them—but it's better this way. If I were to get killed on a job, the Inquisitors would have a tough time tracking my family. I haven't even told Kell what city they live in."
"You think the Ministry would go to that much trouble?" Vin asked. "I mean, you'd already be dead."
"I'm a Misting, Vin—that means that all of my descendants will have some noble blood. My children might turn out to be Allomancers, as might their children. No, when the Inquisitors kill a Misting, they make certain to wipe out his children too. The only way to keep my family safe is to stay away from them."
"Of course I do," Ham said. "It's hard—I only get to spend a few months at a time with them—but it's better this way. If I were to get killed on a job, the Inquisitors would have a tough time tracking my family. I haven't even told Kell what city they live in."
"You think the Ministry would go to that much trouble?" Vin asked. "I mean, you'd already be dead."
"I'm a Misting, Vin—that means that all of my descendants will have some noble blood. My children might turn out to be Allomancers, as might their children. No, when the Inquisitors kill a Misting, they make certain to wipe out his children too. The only way to keep my family safe is to stay away from them."
Mary Margaret: But if we hadn't sent you away, you would've been cursed too.
Emma: But we would've been together. Which curse is worse?
Emma: But we would've been together. Which curse is worse?
— Once Upon a Time, "Broken"
