"Oh, absolutely.  That's rather the point, dear.  The current queen has a pact with Asmodeus.  The Queen is not Asmodeus's servant.  The compact between the Thrice-Damned House of Thrune and Asmodeus Himself specifies that He is not to punish them in Hell for presuming to pursue their own interests as well as His, in this world.  Now, somebody truly loyal to Asmodeus, someone who Asmodeus deemed worthy even of His explicit notice, to be someday among the most treasured souls in His possession, might, perhaps, think it was presumptuous for the Thrunes to dare to consider themselves so.  Or simply that it served Asmodeus better to have a Queen who was His slave in truth."

"Oh, absolutely.  That's rather the point, dear.  The current queen has a pact with Asmodeus.  The Queen is not Asmodeus's servant.  The compact between the Thrice-Damned House of Thrune and Asmodeus Himself specifies that He is not to punish them in Hell for presuming to pursue their own interests as well as His, in this world.  Now, somebody truly loyal to Asmodeus, someone who Asmodeus deemed worthy even of His explicit notice, to be someday among the most treasured souls in His possession, might, perhaps, think it was presumptuous for the Thrunes to dare to bargain so with our god, as if the Thrunes were only His juniors and not His servants.  Or simply believe that it served Asmodeus better to have a Queen who was His slave in truth."

"Oh, absolutely.  That's rather the point, dear.  The current Queen has a pact with Asmodeus.  The Queen is not Asmodeus's servant.  The compact between the Thrice-Damned House of Thrune and Asmodeus Himself specifies that He is not to punish them in Hell for presuming to pursue their own interests as well as His, in this world.  Now, somebody truly loyal to Asmodeus, someone who Asmodeus deemed worthy even of His explicit notice, to be someday among the most treasured souls in His possession, might, perhaps, think it was presumptuous for the Thrunes to dare to bargain so with our god, as if the Thrunes were only His juniors and not His servants.  Or simply believe that it served Asmodeus better to have a Queen who was His slave in truth."