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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Problem: Smokers.
« on: August 23, 2010, 08:22:35 AM »How could they possibly be detected? You couldn't burn bronze to see if they were burning metals. They wouldn't even know they were using copper, so how could you possibly find out if you are a coppercloud?
Or they could always just apply for the ministry and tell them, if you're asking how smokers are detected to join the ministry. If you mean the smokers that join theiving crews, I assume they just know what they are by discovering the warm sensation in their stomach after consuming trace metals.