How could Shar possibly fail to understand what Selûne meant?
She also understood perfectly well why Selûne had suddenly adopted this attitude.
Yet she felt nothing at all.
It was nothing like the years before, when sensing Selûne's concern and love for her would always send her into a struggle of conflicting emotions.
Sometimes, Shar found herself laughable... but without William, whose presence had helped her understand so much, Selûne's blatant favoritism would indeed still have shaken her.
William had brought her more than love. He had also shown her the trust and unity that existed between true family members.
He and the God of Space-Time could, in fact, be considered another form of twin gods.
Yet William and the God of Space-Time also had vastly different personalities, with conflicts in many areas.
However, both of them had readily taken a step back, openly laying out everything they could and could not accept.
They did not compromise because the other was stronger, either. It depended on which of them found something completely unacceptable.
If neither side could give way, they would divide that domain entirely and each manage their own affairs.
Shar had once asked William how he would have handled the light Selûne brought if he had been in her position, especially since that light was very likely something Ao wanted as well.
William's first response had been that the two of them were completely different, and there was no point in comparing them at all... Shar would certainly be unable to accept a solution he could live with.
But after Shar pressed him repeatedly, William had still shared his thoughts.
Since Ao could turn the Toril Universe into a Toril–Abeir Universe, William would probably have made himself the ruler of Abeir from the very beginning.
After all, Abeir