The Journey to Waterdeep Begins

Hill thought Lynn had asked about Telly and the Woodland Shrine because he wanted to build a temple to Milil here too, but Lynn said nothing more.

It seemed he had only wanted to check whether those two pieces of information were accurate.

Hill hesitated, then decided not to say anything else.

Milil rarely seemed to build temples of his own. His shrines were usually beside those of Oghma, the Knowledge God.

But Lynn disliked the priest of the Knowledge God in Quelar.

Hill did not know why, but he felt it was best not to interfere.

He merely hinted that anyone who wanted to build a temple here was welcome to do so.

Lynn promptly changed the subject. Apparently, he really did not want to get involved.

Compared with a priest of the God of Song, Lynn seemed more inclined toward life as a bard, though he was still close to Milil.

Hill could sense the god's favor upon Lynn.

Hill did not understand, but this was Milil's business. He could hardly ask.

"How are you going to turn them down?" Lynn asked. "We call them children, but they're probably older than you are.

"Yet I doubt they have half your composure.

"If they decide you're looking down on them, there's no telling what those fools might do."

Hill looked at Lynn in silence, remembering what had happened in Silver Moon City.

Lynn's reaction had been quite different back then.

"What are you looking at me for?" Lynn laughed. "I wasn't praising your composure. I only meant compared with theirs. When you went to Silver Moon City last year, you didn't meet the commander of the Silver Moon Alliance's army either, did you?

"She's spent the last two years hiding in Alustriel's palace because she doesn't want to deal