She's considering it.
It's more lying.
(and - a thing Keltham'll be mad about even if she manages to bring him around on Evil generally, someone directly ending up worse off, if he ever does find out)
(probably that doesn't matter because they're not going to be able to bring Keltham around anyway)
On the other hand you really, really don't want bitter children with nothing to lose around your highly sensitive research project.
The thing she wants is to talk to Asmodia but this isn't a non-heresy work situation at the Worldwound where sometimes someone just needs a drink and the casual but almost generous observation that they aren't special (and that therefore there are people who've survived being like them), there's too much at stake to go off her gut.
Do we have a replacement. Give them that math problem and see if they get it right.