Oh, so it's a theorem he's not ready for Pilar, is it? Keltham's brain automatically tries to generate counterexamples to this totally obviously not-absolute-certainty which Golarion's very smart people seem to foolishly believe; and gets as far as suggesting that maybe Keltham's own sadistic instincts would kick in and they'd have great sex and it would be fine; before the rest of Keltham's brain tells that subthread to shut up. One must distinguish the possible from the probable, and what a local un-Lawful very smart person says is absolutely certain may, nonetheless, be a better bet than not-that.
"I believe I understand, but I should take time to mull it over," Keltham says.