"Thank you," Keltham says in Taldane, closes the door, and tries running through some words in his mind.  It's harder to read the faint connotations than it was yesterday; Share Language doesn't want to override knowledge that you already have.  Keltham has to focus hard on the internal probes and use some dath ilani techniques for hunting down subtle connotations that words and concepts have to you.

'Lawful' is obsessing over your city's regulations and fretting over whether you're obeying all of them, 'Chaos' is insanity laced with an alien-to-dath-ilan hatred that is returned in full, 'Good' is something put firmly underneath a sense of superiority that's even more alien to dath ilan, 'Evil' is being mean to people and not in a sexually sadistic way either.

Keltham makes a note not to trust this particular person with anything if he can avoid it.  Actually, he should check -

'Asmodeus' doesn't return anything, nor 'Zon-Kuthon'.  Somehow the spell knows that these are individual things rather than general concepts, no matter how much a dath ilani would say that no such qualitative difference exists, and isn't transferring over them over as Shared Language.

Keltham supposes that would have been an overly easy way of identifying traitors at or above second-circle wizardry... no, that's trope-based thinking, and it is very far from certain that this is a mode of thinking that works; so he needs to at least firmly label every use of it in an inference step and then compute everything the other way too.  If it's not forbidden to work by tropes, Keltham should go be creative about this method or just literally continue at all to thin about how to use it.

'Pain'?  Keltham can't get a read on it, he has a Baseline concept the Taldane maps onto almost exactly; Keltham already knows what this word means.

Dath ilani however do not have a single commonly-used concept that corresponds exactly to the connotations and meanings of the Taldane word 'torture', and Keltham can get something of a read on that; 'torture' is scary and awful, not desirable.

Okay, probably not a Kuthite traitor then, to the extent this method works at all.

(From the perspective of anybody watching, Keltham just said 'Thank you', closed the door, and then shut his eyes and stood motionless for about a minute.)

"Thank you," Keltham says in Taldane, and tries running through some words in his mind.  It's harder to read the faint connotations than it was yesterday; Share Language doesn't want to override knowledge that you already have.  Keltham has to focus hard on the internal probes and use some dath ilani techniques for hunting down subtle connotations that words and concepts have to you.

'Lawful' is obsessing over your city's regulations and fretting over whether you're obeying all of them, 'Chaos' is insanity laced with an alien-to-dath-ilan hatred that is returned in full, 'Good' is something put firmly underneath a sense of superiority that's even more alien to dath ilan, 'Evil' is being mean to people and not in a sexually sadistic way either.

Keltham makes a note not to trust this particular person with anything if he can avoid it.  Actually, he should check -

'Asmodeus' doesn't return anything, nor 'Zon-Kuthon'.  Somehow the spell knows that these are individual things rather than general concepts, no matter how much a dath ilani would say that no such qualitative difference exists, and isn't transferring over them over as Shared Language.

Keltham supposes that would have been an overly easy way of identifying traitors at or above second-circle wizardry... no, that's trope-based thinking, and it is very far from certain that this is a mode of thinking that works; so he needs to at least firmly label every use of it in an inference step and then compute everything the other way too.  If it's not forbidden to work by tropes, Keltham should go be creative about this method or just literally continue at all to thin about how to use it.

'Pain'?  Keltham can't get a read on it, he has a Baseline concept the Taldane maps onto almost exactly; Keltham already knows what this word means.

Dath ilani however do not have a single commonly-used concept that corresponds exactly to the connotations and meanings of the Taldane word 'torture', and Keltham can get something of a read on that; 'torture' is scary and awful, not desirable.

Okay, probably not a Kuthite traitor then, to the extent this method works at all.

(From the perspective of anybody watching, Keltham just said 'Thank you', closed the door, and then shut his eyes and stood motionless for about a minute.)

"Thank you," Keltham says in Taldane, and tries running through some words in his mind.  It's harder to read the faint connotations than it was yesterday; Share Language doesn't want to override knowledge that you already have.  Keltham has to focus hard on the internal probes and use some dath ilani techniques for hunting down subtle connotations that words and concepts have to you.

'Lawful' is obsessing over your city's regulations and fretting over whether you're obeying all of them, 'Chaos' is insanity laced with an alien-to-dath-ilan hatred that is returned in full, 'Good' is something put firmly underneath a sense of superiority that's even more alien to dath ilan, 'Evil' is being mean to people and not in a sexually sadistic way either.

Keltham makes a note not to trust this particular person with anything if he can avoid it.  Actually, he should check -

'Asmodeus' doesn't return anything, nor 'Zon-Kuthon'.  Somehow the spell knows that these are individual things rather than general concepts, no matter how much a dath ilani would say that no such qualitative difference exists, and isn't transferring over them over as Shared Language.

Keltham supposes that would have been an overly easy way of identifying traitors, at least those at or above second-circle wizardry... no, that's trope-based thinking, and it is very far from certain that mode of thinking binds to reality here at all; so he needs to at least firmly label every use of it in an inference step, and then compute everything the other way too.  If this technique is not forbidden to work by tropes, Keltham should be creative about making this method work, or just literally continue at all to think about how to make it work.

'Pain'?  Keltham can't get a read on it, he has a Baseline concept that the Taldane word maps onto almost exactly; Keltham already knows what this word means.

Dath ilani however do not have a single commonly-used concept that corresponds exactly to the connotations and meanings of the Taldane word 'torture'*, and Keltham can get something of a read on that; 'torture' is scary and awful, not desirable.

Okay, probably not a Kuthite traitor then, to the extent this method works at all.

(From the perspective of anybody watching, Keltham just said 'Thank you', closed the door, and then shut his eyes and stood motionless for about a minute.)

(*)  The Baseline compound phrase that refers-by-convention to 'deliberately inflicting extreme amounts of pain' carries primarily the connotation of overly large negative payoffs in decision matrices and edgelord thought experiments devised by teenage males, not the idea that you can obtain information or obedience that way.

"Thank you," Keltham says in Taldane, and tries running through some words in his mind.  It's harder to read the faint connotations than it was yesterday; Share Language doesn't want to override knowledge that you already have.  Keltham has to focus hard on the internal probes and use some dath ilani techniques for hunting down subtle connotations that words and concepts have to you.

'Lawful' is obsessing over your city's regulations and fretting over whether you're obeying all of them, 'Chaos' is insanity laced with an alien-to-dath-ilan hatred that is returned in full, 'Good' is something put firmly underneath a sense of superiority that's even more alien to dath ilan, 'Evil' is being mean to people and not in a sexually sadistic way either.

Keltham makes a note not to trust this particular person with anything if he can avoid it.  Actually, he should check -

'Asmodeus' doesn't return anything, nor 'Zon-Kuthon'.  Somehow the spell knows that these are individual things rather than general concepts, no matter how much a dath ilani would say that no such qualitative difference exists, and isn't transferring over them over as Shared Language.

Keltham supposes that would have been an overly easy way of identifying traitors, at least those at or above second-circle wizardry... no, that's trope-based thinking, and it is very far from certain that mode of thinking binds to reality here at all; so he needs to at least firmly label every use of it in an inference step, and then compute everything the other way too.  If this technique is not forbidden to work by tropes, Keltham should be creative about making this method work, or just literally continue at all to think about how to make it work.

'Pain'?  Keltham can't get a read on it, he has a Baseline concept that the Taldane word maps onto almost exactly; Keltham already knows what this word means.

Dath ilani however do not have a single commonly-used concept that corresponds exactly to the connotations and meanings of the Taldane word 'torture'*, and Keltham can get something of a read on that; 'torture' is scary and awful, not desirable.

Okay, probably not a Kuthite traitor then, to the extent this method works at all.

(*)  The Baseline compound phrase that refers-by-convention to 'deliberately inflicting extreme amounts of pain' carries primarily the connotation of overly large negative payoffs in decision matrices and edgelord thought experiments devised by teenage males, not the idea that you can obtain information or obedience that way.

(From the perspective of anybody watching, Keltham just said 'Thank you', closed the door, and then shut his eyes and stood motionless for about a minute.)

"Thank you," Keltham says in Taldane, and tries running through some words in his mind.  It's harder to read the faint connotations than it was yesterday; Share Language doesn't want to override knowledge that you already have.  Keltham has to focus hard on the internal probes and use some dath ilani techniques for hunting down subtle connotations that words and concepts have to you.

'Lawful' is obsessing over your city's regulations and fretting over whether you're conforming enough to all of them, 'Chaos' is insanity laced with an alien-to-dath-ilan hatred that is returned in full, 'Good' is something put firmly underneath a sense of superiority that's even more alien to dath ilan, 'Evil' is being mean to people and not in a sexually sadistic way either.

Keltham makes a note not to trust this particular person with anything if he can avoid it.  Actually, he should check -

'Asmodeus' doesn't return anything, nor 'Zon-Kuthon'.  Somehow the spell knows that these are individual things rather than general concepts, no matter how much a dath ilani would say that no such qualitative difference exists, and isn't transferring over them over as Shared Language.

Keltham supposes that would have been an overly easy way of identifying traitors, at least those at or above second-circle wizardry... no, that's trope-based thinking, and it is very far from certain that mode of thinking binds to reality here at all; so he needs to at least firmly label every use of it in an inference step, and then compute everything the other way too.  If this technique is not forbidden to work by tropes, Keltham should be creative about making this method work, or just literally continue at all to think about how to make it work.

'Pain'?  Keltham can't get a read on it, he has a Baseline concept that the Taldane word maps onto almost exactly; Keltham already knows what this word means.

Dath ilani however do not have a single commonly-used concept that corresponds exactly to the connotations and meanings of the Taldane word 'torture'*, and Keltham can get something of a read on that; 'torture' is scary and awful, not desirable.

Okay, probably not a Kuthite traitor then, to the extent this method works at all.

(*)  The Baseline compound phrase that refers-by-convention to 'deliberately inflicting extreme amounts of pain' carries primarily the connotation of overly large negative payoffs in decision matrices and edgelord thought experiments devised by teenage males, not the idea that you can obtain information or obedience that way.

(From the perspective of anybody watching, Keltham just said 'Thank you', closed the door, and then shut his eyes and stood motionless for about a minute.)

"Thank you," Keltham says in Taldane, and tries running through some words in his mind.  It's harder to read the faint connotations than it was yesterday; Share Language doesn't want to override knowledge that you already have.  Keltham has to focus hard on the internal probes and use some dath ilani techniques for hunting down subtle connotations that words and concepts have to you.

'Lawful' is obsessing over your city's regulations and fretting over whether you're conforming enough to all of them, 'Chaos' is insanity laced with an alien-to-dath-ilan hatred that is returned in full, 'Good' is something put firmly underneath a sense of superiority that's even more alien to dath ilan, 'Evil' is being mean to people and not in a sexually sadistic way either.

Keltham makes a note not to trust this particular person with anything if he can avoid it.  Actually, he should check -

'Asmodeus' doesn't return anything, nor 'Zon-Kuthon'.  Somehow the spell knows that these are individual things rather than general concepts, no matter how much a dath ilani would say that no such qualitative difference exists, and isn't transferring over them over as Shared Language.

Keltham supposes that would have been an overly easy way of identifying traitors, at least those at or above second-circle wizardry... no, that's trope-based thinking, and it is very far from certain that mode of thinking binds to reality here at all; so he needs to at least firmly label every use of it in an inference step, and then compute everything the other way too.  If this technique is not forbidden to work by tropes, Keltham should be creative about making this method work, or just literally continue at all to think about how to make it work.

'Pain'?  Keltham can't get a read on it, he has a Baseline concept that the Taldane word maps onto almost exactly; Keltham already knows what this word means.  This sort of outcome is presumably the reason why Golarion folks don't think of this as a standard probe to use on each other.

Dath ilani however do not have a single commonly-used concept that corresponds exactly to the connotations and meanings of the Taldane word 'torture'*, and Keltham can get something of a read on that; 'torture' is scary and awful, not desirable.

Okay, probably not a Kuthite traitor then, to the extent this method works at all.

(*)  The Baseline compound phrase that refers-by-convention to 'deliberately inflicting extreme amounts of pain' carries primarily the connotation of overly large negative payoffs in decision matrices and edgelord thought experiments devised by teenage males, not the idea that you can obtain information or obedience that way.

(From the perspective of anybody watching, Keltham just said 'Thank you', closed the door, and then shut his eyes and stood motionless for about a minute.)

"Thank you," Keltham says in Taldane, and tries running through some words in his mind.  It's harder to read the faint connotations than it was yesterday; Share Language doesn't want to override knowledge that you already have.  Keltham has to focus hard on the internal probes and use some dath ilani techniques for hunting down subtle connotations that words and concepts have to you.

'Lawful' is obsessing over your city's regulations and fretting over whether you're conforming enough to all of them, 'Chaos' is insanity, 'Good' is something put firmly underneath a sense of superiority that's even more alien to dath ilan, 'Evil' is being mean to people and not in a sexually sadistic way either.

Keltham makes a note not to trust this particular person with anything if he can avoid it.  Actually, he should check -

'Asmodeus' doesn't return anything, nor 'Zon-Kuthon'.  Somehow the spell knows that these are individual things rather than general concepts, no matter how much a dath ilani would say that no such qualitative difference exists, and isn't transferring them over as Shared Language.

Keltham supposes that would have been an overly easy way of identifying traitors, at least those at or above second-circle wizardry... no, that's trope-based thinking, and it is very far from certain that mode of thinking binds to reality here at all; so he needs to at least firmly label every use of it in an inference step, and then compute everything the other way too.  If this technique is not forbidden to work by tropes, Keltham should be creative about making this method work, or just literally continue at all to think about how to make it work.

'Pain'?  Keltham can't get a read on it, he has a Baseline concept that the Taldane word maps onto almost exactly; Keltham already knows what this word means.  This sort of outcome is presumably the reason why Golarion folks don't think of this as a standard probe to use on each other.

Dath ilani however do not have a single commonly-used concept that corresponds exactly to the connotations and meanings of the Taldane word 'torture'*, and Keltham can get something of a read on that; 'torture' is as awfulscary as it should be.

Okay, probably not a Kuthite traitor then, to the extent this method works at all.

(*)  The Baseline compound phrase that refers-by-convention to 'deliberately inflicting extreme amounts of pain' carries primarily the connotation of overly large negative payoffs in decision matrices and edgelord thought experiments devised by teenage males, not the idea that you can obtain information or obedience that way.

(From the perspective of anybody watching, Keltham just said 'Thank you', closed the door, and then shut his eyes and stood motionless for about a minute.)

"Thank you," Keltham says in Taldane, and tries running through some words in his mind.  It's harder to read the faint connotations than it was yesterday; Share Language doesn't want to override knowledge that you already have.  Keltham has to focus hard on the internal probes and use some dath ilani techniques for hunting down subtle connotations that words and concepts have to you.

'Lawful' is obsessing over your city's regulations and fretting over whether you're conforming enough to all of them, 'Chaos' is insanity, 'Good' is something put firmly underneath a sense of superiority that's even more alien to dath ilan, 'Evil' is being mean to people and not in a sexually sadistic way either.

Keltham makes a note not to trust this particular person with anything if he can avoid it.  Actually, he should check -

'Asmodeus' doesn't return anything, nor 'Zon-Kuthon'.  Somehow the spell knows that these are individual things rather than general concepts, no matter how much a dath ilani would say that no such qualitative difference exists, and isn't transferring them over as Shared Language.

Keltham supposes that would have been an overly easy way of identifying traitors, at least those at or above second-circle wizardry... no, that's trope-based thinking, and it is very far from certain that mode of thinking binds to reality here at all; so he needs to at least firmly label every use of it in an inference step, and then compute everything the other way too.  If this technique is not forbidden to work by tropes, Keltham should be creative about making this method work, or just literally continue at all to think about how to make it work.

'Pain'?  Keltham can't get a read on it, he has a Baseline concept that the Taldane word maps onto almost exactly; Keltham already knows what this word means.  This sort of outcome is presumably the reason why Golarion folks don't think of this as a standard probe to use on each other.

Dath ilani however do not have a single commonly-used concept that corresponds exactly to the connotations and meanings of the Taldane word 'torture'*, and Keltham can get something of a read on that; 'torture' sounds awfulscary rather than desirable.

Okay, probably not a Kuthite traitor then, to the extent this method works at all.

(*)  The Baseline compound phrase that refers-by-convention to 'deliberately inflicting extreme amounts of pain' carries primarily the connotation of overly large negative payoffs in decision matrices and edgelord thought experiments devised by teenage males, not the idea that you can obtain information or obedience that way.

(From the perspective of anybody watching, Keltham just said 'Thank you', closed the door, and then shut his eyes and stood motionless for about a minute.)

"Thank you," Keltham says in Taldane, and tries running through some words in his mind.  It's harder to read the faint connotations than it was yesterday; Share Language doesn't want to override knowledge that you already have.  Keltham has to focus hard on the internal probes and use some dath ilani techniques for hunting down subtle connotations that words and concepts have to you.

'Lawful' is obsessing over your city's regulations and fretting over whether you're conforming enough to all of them, 'Chaos' is insanity, 'Good' is something put firmly underneath a sense of superiority that's alien to dath ilan, 'Evil' is being mean to people and not in a sexually sadistic way either.

Keltham makes a note not to trust this particular person with anything if he can avoid it.  Actually, he should check -

'Asmodeus' doesn't return anything, nor 'Zon-Kuthon'.  Somehow the spell knows that these are individual things rather than general concepts, no matter how much a dath ilani would say that no such qualitative difference exists, and isn't transferring them over as Shared Language.

Keltham supposes that would have been an overly easy way of identifying traitors, at least those at or above second-circle wizardry... no, that's trope-based thinking, and it is very far from certain that mode of thinking binds to reality here at all; so he needs to at least firmly label every use of it in an inference step, and then compute everything the other way too.  If this technique is not forbidden to work by tropes, Keltham should be creative about making this method work, or just literally continue at all to think about how to make it work.

'Pain'?  Keltham can't get a read on it, he has a Baseline concept that the Taldane word maps onto almost exactly; Keltham already knows what this word means.  This sort of outcome is presumably the reason why Golarion folks don't think of this as a standard probe to use on each other.

Dath ilani however do not have a single commonly-used concept that corresponds exactly to the connotations and meanings of the Taldane word 'torture'*, and Keltham can get something of a read on that; 'torture' sounds awfulscary rather than desirable.

Okay, probably not a Kuthite traitor then, to the extent this method works at all.

(*)  The Baseline compound phrase that refers-by-convention to 'deliberately inflicting extreme amounts of pain' carries primarily the connotation of overly large negative payoffs in decision matrices and edgelord thought experiments devised by teenage males, not the idea that you can obtain information or obedience that way.

(From the perspective of anybody watching, Keltham just said 'Thank you', closed the door, and then shut his eyes and stood motionless for about a minute.)