"What's he trying to do?" Selûne cried. "Why did he charge out to fight Dendar?
"He's actually helping Helm and Amaunator?
"Something's wrong... Doesn't that big dinosaur hate guardianship and order more than anything?"
Lathander blinked. "Wow. Dendar really is one of the strongest Savage Gods!
"She sent Ubtao flying with one swipe of her tail. She really hates that dinosaur."
"Obviously," Shar said coldly. "If Ubtao hadn't betrayed the Savage Gods back then, would Dendar have been sealed away for so many years?
"That snake may be simple-minded, but she knows what hatred is.
"What is that dinosaur trying to do?"
"Huh?" Lathander jolted. "Is he... Oh!
"What an opportunistic two-faced bastard!
"He's gravely wounded now, so he's going straight to sleep?
"And to keep his wounds from getting worse, he's withdrawn the soul energy he spread across Chult?
"He doesn't want to provoke the Abyss or Hell, so he's avoiding even the slightest chance of a clash with either side?
"With that nine-headed Hydra watching the coast and the Snakefolk in the jungle clearly growing restless... Speaking of which, Shar, when did you get involved with the Snakefolk tribes?
"Wasn't anyone bearing Eshowdow's face hated throughout Chult?"
Shar glared at him before replying casually, "Once they knew Eshowdow was no longer Eshowdow, the Snakefolk, who favor darkness, naturally came to me.
"It was never Eshowdow they truly hated. It was the dinosaur that ate pythons. But they had to live under his rule, and Ubtao had eyes and ears all over Chult, so they could only curse Eshowdow to vent their anger.
"Heh. The Snakefolk aren't stupid. Of course they know Eshowdow was Ubtao's sin. They have plenty of ways to curse Ubtao himself without saying it outright."
Lathander said thoughtfully, "He's going to sleep anyway, so he