Originally Posted by rodeolifant
Also, the Emperor completely forgets about that incident straight away, and will proposition you regardless.

You know I had a thought on this and really changed how I look at it now. Emperor used sex purely as a manipulation tool. The reason I say that is sexuality in nature exists as a way for procreation. Illithid do not procreate in traditional methods that would require sexuality. In fact, Illithis are asexual, with no gender at all in their race. So the concept of Emperor finding anyone sexually attractive is BS.

The more I deep dive Emperor the more convinced I become that allowing him access to the stones or the crown would have meant our death outright.