Talos shouted in anger, "What kind of nonsense are you spouting? Then I'd rather have Umberlee come back again!"
"Ah!" Simbul suddenly looked up, saying with a look of pleasant surprise, "No wonder Auril was so disheartened—I didn't expect you to have such deep feelings for the fierce queen!"
Talos's angry face instead grew calm. "A fellow who has already chosen to leave has no need to exist."
He glanced at Halaster. "Anyway, someone's money has already been paid, so I'll definitely finish watching before I leave. If you lot aren't at ease, you can just stay here. After all, Alustriel isn't in any real danger either, so why try to provoke me?
As for the destruction of Waterdeep and the death of Khelben, me putting in some effort was enough.
As for this kind of... boring dialogue, heh, it's useless to me.
Words... have never been the reason I get angry... unless it's a good excuse."
He gazed fixedly at Simbul. "That's why I've always admired the Queen of Aglarond's style of using anger as a banner and profit as her goal.
Yet... why bother holding back for unnecessary emotions? Why make every sweeping victory turn out so stifling?
And what kind of feelings could sustain thousands of years of exhaustion?
You always like to bring up Auril... but weren't the objects of Auril's two previous relationships both universally recognized good people?
Like that Mage God of yours who was seduced by Mystra into betraying her?
Her fall had nothing to do with me.
From the very beginning, didn't she become my subordinate deity purely out of self-preservation?
But if she truly wanted to seek emotional solace from me, an evil god, well... that's not my fault.
I think that as the Storm Queen, you can understand my approach...