The picture he got from his salamanders was slightly confusing, as it didn't really fit in with what he understood to be Barid's plan, as he should have been trying to recruit Saarisi, even if she was somewhat passively hostile toward him. That he had ignored the city, not even stationing a few of the Blades here, was baffling, even with the extreme and unforgiving heat of the place. Perhaps he had set up the portals, and stationed the troops on the other side, but that ignored the possibility of the city turning into a powder keg at some point.<br/><br/>Finding out his salamanders were fairly out of the loop wasn't surprising, the City wasn't a big resource hub for any gods, so losing it wasn't a massive loss for them, but it did give him an opportunity to slip his religion back in. He could do that while he was between gossips with his girls and attempting to get Saarisi pregnant again.