"Perhaps." Lathander's answer remained ambiguous.
Selûne was a little displeased. "Why are you being so vague?"
"It has something to do with Taiji's plans for her own future, doesn't it?" Shar understood better... Lathander certainly would not tell her and Selûne anything related to Taiji.
The one who least wanted Taiji to have a future was Ao.
Even if Taiji had placed her future in some distant foreign land, Ao probably would not want her to continue existing.
On the other hand, as long as there was a sliver of hope, Lathander would make every possible effort.
"You can keep any information about her to yourself," Shar said softly. "Although Ao certainly would not welcome her return, he would not do anything beyond his control because of it.
Toril is important, but not that important.
If Taiji really possesses as much control over fate as she appears to, she should understand when revival would keep her from suffering disaster again."
Only if Taiji's existence did not affect the fates Ao wanted would that Overgod abandon the thought of immediately strangling her.
Selûne tilted her head and looked at Shar... Shar had made herself very clear, so Selûne could no longer keep playing dumb.
But the Silver Moon maiden also understood that if she truly got to meet that beautiful Goddess of Fate again, then... Ao had probably already left Toril.
As he grew increasingly satisfied with his experiments in the River of Fate, Toril's importance to him would naturally become less and less.
By then, Ao would probably be confident enough to enter a brand-new, powerful universe and create a world that completely satisfied him.
Yet Selûne had always felt that if Ao ever truly felt satisfied, then... he would probably have reached his end.
Selûne did not even need