"Are you seriously considering it?" Selûne was astonished when she, too, realized Shar was genuinely hesitating.
She had thought Shar would snap at her!
Instead, her ever-elegant, peace-and-quiet-loving sister was actually considering choosing a Quesenta mage who was learning how to trade insults with Umberlee as her Chosen.
"Truly... times have changed!" Lathander, equally surprised, could not help remarking. "Shar, have you started thinking about the future?
"Now that destroying the world is no longer your sole purpose, your two existing Chosen, especially the one in Amn, need to be reined in a little, right?
"But you don't intend to give up stirring up trouble in Toril altogether. Especially when it comes to something as momentous as... destroying a country like Amn, you wouldn't mind adding fuel to the fire.
"And this Nasr really is shrewd and capable, and very good at dealing with outsiders. He could let the outside world know you've changed while also placating that Chosen who wants to destroy everything.
"Of course, all of this rests on the assumption that Amn is doomed.
"So, have you worked things out with that William? The undead are definitely going to deal Amn a killing blow, right?"
"A country like Amn has no reason to exist," Shar said icily. "Once everyone who deserves death has been killed, and everything that deserves destruction has been destroyed, rebuilding it as a country ruled by a queen would be the best possible outcome for them."
"Are you deliberately avoiding the fact that Nasr gets along quite well with Edna... that she doesn't show the slightest tension when she looks at him, and clearly already considers him someone she can trust?
"It might be because of the undead, but she really has extended her trust to Shar's subordinate because she trusts that William.