The Black Rose's ship was bustling with activity, but Hill, aboard the Floating Castle, was even angrier than if someone had saddled him with some inexplicable relative.
"I... only reminded him that he'd used the wrong herb! That was a basic potion!" he said through gritted teeth. "I absolutely never praised him!
What did I praise him for? Being recklessly bold? Throwing any random nonsense into a crucible?"
"Hmm... Hill really is a Mage!" Lathander could not help sighing. "What an interesting thing to focus on."
Shar was just about to respond when she suddenly turned to look at the moonlight slowly returning to human form. "She was gone for so long. Did something really happen to Sharess?"
"I think Zandilar is the one controlling that body now. They both have long black hair and narrow green cat eyes, but she seems more mature somehow. Besides, even lying in the waters of Evergold Pool, she cannot hide the faint blue glow of her skin.
Sharess's primary consciousness is probably not on Toril." Selûne's tone was somewhat stiff, and a trace of displeasure appeared on her usually smiling face. "She hid in Hanali's Evergold Pool and refused to come out. I thought I might have gotten something wrong, so I went directly to ask Sharess.
But Sharess may truly have become entangled in Mystra's Path of Fate. When she spoke to me, she did not even dare look me in the eye.
She only said Evergold Pool had been too lively lately and told me not to go in. She was also completely unconcerned about Sharess.
She was never this indifferent before... At least on the surface, Sharess would always show warmth toward her friends. And Sharess had always been the little sister she claimed to love most."
"What about Hanali?"