Of course, Fengo knew what Rute most wanted to ask.
But did he want to go looking for Delifus?
The only reason that fellow was still alive was not that everyone thought he deserved to be spared, but that no one wanted to investigate the origins of that thing in his hands.
A devil's life was still a life!
Who wanted to melt away in the dawn?
Of course, devils feared death, but that did not mean they would refuse to fight for their lives when necessary... but was Lathander someone they could deal with just by fighting desperately?
After all, even if devils died, they still had various ways to recover their identities when they returned to the Soul Pool and climbed the ranks again.
That path was fraught with difficulties, with fewer than one in ten thousand making it through, but it did exist.
That was why devils were so desperate to rise to the rank of duke: once they reached it, they could arrange certain means of resurrection for themselves.
Even if the cost was enormous, at least they would not be gone for good.
Death might not be the end, but having their souls wounded and their minds brutally battered before dying, and never even understanding how they had ended up in a predicament that made death itself agonizing... Lathander's eternal neutrality really was a blessing for those of the evil alignment.
The reason Sia Tower had never taken a position on the recent events was, naturally, that anyone who knew what had happened would never willingly involve themselves in anything connected to Lathander.
They were not brainless, forgetful fools of the chaotic evil alignment, were they?
As for those who did not know... what devil would dare get involved before even figuring out the situation?