:It can't just be the gods - they don't agree -:

:That's a very good point. I'm pretty confused about how to interpret any of that, honestly, I don't really feel like I understand things any better now: 

:I - feel slightly more clarity than that. But I am not sure if I can convey it any better. I came away with the impression that the plan with Belrun - I think, the Shadowgod did not discuss it in exactly as specific terms, that is not the level They think on - but I suspect it furthers Their goals more than the more conservative strategy of quashing the dissent in Haven and continuing with Randi: 

:And those goals are...:

:That I do not entirely understand, and am not sure I can convey the little I do grasp. I do think that Valdemar's allying more closely with Leareth benefits Them relative to the other gods. What I do not fully follow is why: 

:The others hate him enough that it could be almost anything, really:

:I apologize, I am not sure that this clarifies the situation much for you: 

:How far does this reach - how much time is this covering, I mean -:

The 'angle' on the strange metaphor of the silver net of threads shifts, so they're looking down more than into it. There's - from this view, maybe some other bend or discontinuity in the elbowed path.

:I think Foresight is not always in those terms, but - months to years, I would guess, is what is visible here. The future is unusually noisy at this juncture: 

:What kinds of things make it noisy?:

:Major events, decisions that affect many people and could go different ways based on small changes - new discoveries of any kind....: 

:...hm.

You were going to tell us what you and the Shadowgod talked about - right now this doesn't look very qualitatively different from what I saw when Amshalan chose me:

:This is - most of the format in which we had a conversation, gods are not primarily verbal, or at least this one is not. Perhaps 'conversation' is not a good word for it. There were - a few more specific flashes, which I can try my best to recall for you, but I did not find them very informative either. The Shadowgood did mention - or gesture at, again, hard to explain - specifically the fact that making you Queen would cement a stronger alliance with Leareth, and that this would be important in a certain set of futures, though it was unclear if those futures were definitely going to occur: 

:I'd like to see, even if it probably won't help - the possibility that it might seems important:

:Of course: 

And there's a further sensation of falling, deeper into the web of silver, and then a disorienting set of flashes. 

- Belrun, standing with Leareth at her side in front of Randi, in some public place that isn't Haven, surrounded by a crowd - 

- Shavri, in tears, holding Randi - 

- Vanyel, standing in Belrun's laboratory, frowning thoughtfully - 

- A Companion galloping in a field - 

- Dara with a slate in her hand, poring seriously over a column of numbers, looking up and nodding with satisfaction - 

- a crystal globe set in a stone table, glowing - 

- Belrun, hurrying to Leareth, her face alight - 

:...these are features of the good-or-at-least-brightly-colored future, right -

- do you unlike us properly remember everything that happens 'here', if I tell you now what seems important can you repeat it to me after when I forget?:

:I think I remember more, yes, since a part of me is always here: 

:The part with Vanyel in my lab, that might be important, I don't know that I'd do that by default. What's the crystal, do you know?:

:Oh. That is the Heartstone sanctum, in Haven: 

:Huh. I thought it would be bigger. I guess the fact that it's that small gives me the idea that it could be Fetched out without anybody having to go right up to it but I don't know if that's actually safe or not:

:It could not be. That is only the visible portion, but it is fused directly into the bedrock below the Palace: 

:Oh. Then I don't know what that bit of the vision's supposed to mean at all:

:Neither do I. Or - I can feel how it fits, somehow - that part is related to the one with Vanyel, I think - but I cannot put words and human concepts to it easily. The Shadowgod said that this path: he indicate the bent one, :would dodge some otherwise messy obstacles: 

:I...feel like I almost see it: Amshalan sends, dreamily. :But not quite... I'll try to remember the pieces though: 

Leareth has been very quiet. He's trying to absorb and hold as much of the Foresight paths as possible, but it's also very overwhelming, and - kind of nerve-wracking, he feels open and vulnerable to a god's whims in a way he's always avoided. 

:Do you know what the messy obstacles are: