"Funnily enough drow sleep around less than Osirians do, I think - I don't know if I have an accurate picture, of course, but I think that's true whether you count, I think they call it 'lovebirds' here, or whatever the equivalent is for men, or if you leave those out of consideration entirely. But of course that's because it's a rather risky sort of property crime, stealing somebody's man."

"Huh. Adultery's a serious crime here, too, course -"

"Does it get you murdered, by and large?"

"Not generally. If you went after, like, the pharaoh's women, or something, then sure."

"Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe it just makes for more interesting gossip here than down there."

"Sounds pretty plausible to me. People respond to incentives and so on."

"Down there it's just one of a whole lot of reasons somebody might get murdered."

"Women also don't want to sleep around as much as men do. So if the women are in charge I'd expect you wouldn't have as much of it."

"What else do people get murdered for?"

"Pissed off their mom. Got caught screwing someone over for a promotion or with a scam or something. Happened to be attending a dinner party somebody decided to spike with poison. Demon patron doesn't like their face. Demon patron does like their face."

"Gods. Why don't more people leave?"

"Vicious propaganda," Belmarniss says. "Gotta be ready for the inevitable plunge into the Abyss."

"So if you know who to scry on to prove it's not inevitable, you can prove to them there's another option."

"Like I said, all I know for sure is that Pharasma isn't insurmountably racist against infants. People say they've seen drow in Axis, in Heaven, in the Maelstrom, if I ask around. But I don't know who to check who didn't land in the Boneyard as a baby."

"Have you just been trying people you know?"

"I don't have fourth level spells, myself, so I'm not trying very systematically yet. When I get a look in on a crystal ball I don't spend it on that, I don't have any particularly plausible candidates."

"I know that not everyone in Cheliax goes to Hell but Cheliax is new, maybe in a couple hundred years it'll have it refined down enough that they all do and don't even believe they could do otherwise."

"Could be. I suppose if I die I'll find out where I am."

"Man, that'd be - I don't see how she could call herself neutral, if she condemns whole races no matter their actual alignment."

"Who's going to tell her she's anything else?"

"Sounds like you might be on it."

"How'd you guess."

"Most people don't say 'if I die...'"

"Well, you know, I'm an elf. A lot can change in an elf lifetime."

"Hey, I'm not trying to discourage you. It sounds like a great plan."