"In theory," Isidre says, unperturbed, "there's a set of complicated replies here, and in practice, a much simpler one.  In theory, for example, you arrived at the Worldwound, which is itself governed by treaties that Cheliax signed and indeed had a primary hand in designing; we could not have stopped you from walking out on us there, and so it was reasonable to offer you guarantees to come away from the Worldwound to Cheliax proper.  In theory, our government has never said to Carissa Sevar at any point that we would not sacrifice her if that becomes necessary; it's not that we'd be violating a rule around her, but that it's understood that this sort of thing might unfortunately happen, because all of Golarion is in a far more precarious situation than dath ilan.  In principle, if Sevar had been disturbed enough by that, she could have tried to sign a compact with the government saying otherwise, which we would have kept if signed; but Sevar would have needed to find something to make it worth our while to sign that compact, and it would have been pointless and expensive and not really worth it.  And if you ask why Sevar didn't go to a country with more rules instead, my reply would be that, while there are some countries with many more rules, they are not good ones, and also that moving countries is expensive in Golarion and not just in the cost of the teleport."

"In practice, the actual and much simpler reply is that the revelation from Asmodeus which led to this project's establishment said, or at least, we think this is what Asmodeus was trying to say, to not pull any of that on you.  So no such discussion was ever entertained at any level of government.  If you're looking for a simple answer that doesn't require you to worry about backroom discussions by people like me, it's right there, I suppose, and possibly that's why Asmodeus made it so. if you feel that way.  I don't think we would have decided to unsheathe blades at you, absent that order, but I can see the order simplifying things from your perspective."

"In theory," Isidre says, unperturbed, "there's a set of complicated replies here, and in practice, a much simpler one.  In theory, for example, you arrived at the Worldwound, which is itself governed by treaties that Cheliax signed and indeed had a primary hand in designing; we could not have stopped you from walking out on us there, and so it was reasonable to offer you guarantees to come away from the Worldwound to Cheliax proper.  In theory, our government has never said to Carissa Sevar at any point that we would not sacrifice her if that becomes necessary; it's not that we'd be violating a rule around her, but that it's understood that this sort of thing might unfortunately happen, because all of Golarion is in a far more precarious situation than dath ilan.  In principle, if Sevar had been disturbed enough by that, she could have tried to sign a compact with the government saying otherwise, which we would have kept if signed; but Sevar would have needed to find something to make it worth our while to sign that compact, and it would have been pointless and expensive and not really worth it.  And if you ask why Sevar didn't go to a country with more rules instead, my reply would be that, while there are some countries with many more rules, they are not good ones, and also that moving countries is expensive in Golarion and not just in the cost of the teleport.  In the implicit understandings that exist in Golarion, Cheliax is starting with you from scratch, not from the sort of relationship we had with Sevar as a citizen, where it's understood that we can sacrifice her if necessary for some much larger benefit."

"In practice, the actual and much simpler reply is that the revelation from Asmodeus which led to this project's establishment said, or at least, we think this is what Asmodeus was trying to say, to not pull any of that on you.  So no such discussion was ever entertained at any level of government.  If you're looking for a simple answer that doesn't require you to worry about backroom discussions by people like me, it's right there, I suppose, and possibly that's why Asmodeus made it so. if you feel that way.  I don't think we would have decided to unsheathe blades at you, absent that order, but I can see the order simplifying things from your perspective."

"In theory," Isidre says, unperturbed, "there's a set of complicated replies here, and in practice, a much simpler one.  In theory, for example, you arrived at the Worldwound, which is itself governed by treaties that Cheliax signed and indeed had a primary hand in designing; we could not have stopped you from walking out on us there, and so it was reasonable to offer you guarantees to come away from the Worldwound to Cheliax proper.  In theory, our government has never said to Carissa Sevar at any point that we would not sacrifice her if that becomes necessary; it's not that we'd be violating a rule around her, but that it's understood that this sort of thing might unfortunately happen, because all of Golarion is in a far more precarious situation than dath ilan.  In principle, if Sevar had been disturbed enough by that, she could have tried to sign a compact with the government saying otherwise, which we would have kept if signed; but Sevar would have needed to find something to make it worth our while to sign that compact, and it would have been pointless and expensive and not really worth it.  And if you ask why Sevar didn't go to a country with more rules instead, my reply would be that, while there are some countries with many more rules, they are not good ones, and also that moving countries is expensive in Golarion and not just in the cost of the teleport.  In the implicit understandings that exist in Golarion, Cheliax is starting with you from scratch, not from the sort of relationship we had with Sevar as a citizen, where it's understood that we can sacrifice her if necessary for some much larger benefit."

"In practice, the actual and much simpler reply is that the revelation from Asmodeus which led to this project's establishment said, or at least, we think this is what Asmodeus was trying to say, to not pull any of that on you.  So no such discussion was ever entertained at any level of government.  If you're looking for a simple answer that doesn't require you to worry about backroom discussions by people like me, it's right there, I suppose, and possibly that's why Asmodeus made it so, if you feel that way.  I don't think we would have decided to unsheathe blades at you, absent that order, but I can see the order simplifying things from your perspective."

"In theory," Isidre says, unperturbed, "there's a set of complicated replies here, and in practice, a much simpler one.  In theory, for example, you arrived at the Worldwound, which is itself governed by treaties that Cheliax signed and indeed had a primary hand in designing; we could not have stopped you from walking out on us there, and so it was reasonable to offer you guarantees to come away from the Worldwound to Cheliax proper.  In theory, our government has never said to Carissa Sevar at any point that we would not sacrifice her if that becomes necessary; it's not that we'd be violating a rule around her, but that it's understood that this sort of thing might unfortunately happen, because all of Golarion is in a far more precarious situation than dath ilan.  In principle, if Sevar had been disturbed enough by that, she could have tried to sign a compact with the government saying otherwise, which we would have kept if signed; but Sevar would have needed to find something to make it worth our while to sign that compact, and it would have been pointless and expensive and not really worth it.  And if you ask why Sevar didn't go to a country with more rules instead, my reply would be that, while there are some countries with many more rules, they are not good ones, and also that moving countries is expensive in Golarion and not just in the cost of the teleport.  In the implicit understandings that exist in Golarion, Cheliax is starting with you from scratch, not from the sort of relationship we had with Sevar as a citizen, where it's understood that we can sacrifice her if necessary for some much larger benefit."

"In practice, the actual and much simpler reply is that the revelation from Asmodeus which led to this project's establishment said, or at least, we think this is what Asmodeus was trying to say, to not pull any of that on you.  So no such discussion was ever entertained at any level of government.  If you're looking for a simple answer that doesn't require you to worry about backroom discussions by people like me, it's right there, I suppose.  Possibly that's why Asmodeus made it so, if you feel that way.  I don't think we would have decided to unsheathe blades at you, absent that order, but I can see His order simplifying things from your perspective."

"In theory," Isidre says, unperturbed, "there's a set of complicated replies here, and in practice, a much simpler one.  In theory, for example, you arrived at the Worldwound, which is itself governed by treaties that Cheliax signed and indeed had a primary hand in designing; we could not have stopped you from walking out on us there, and so it was reasonable to offer you guarantees to come away from the Worldwound to Cheliax proper.  In theory, our government has never said to Carissa Sevar at any point that we would not sacrifice her if that becomes necessary; it's not that we'd be violating a rule around her, but that it's understood that this sort of thing might unfortunately happen, because all of Golarion is in a far more precarious situation than dath ilan.  In principle, if Sevar had been disturbed enough by that, she could have tried to sign a compact with the government saying otherwise, which we would have kept if signed; but Sevar would have needed to find something to make it worth our while to sign that compact, and it would have been pointless and expensive and not really worth it.  And if you ask why Sevar didn't go to a country with more rules instead, my reply would be that, while there are some countries with many more rules, they are not good ones, and also that moving countries is expensive in Golarion and not just in the cost of the teleport.  In the understandings that exist in Golarion, Cheliax is starting with you from scratch, not from the sort of relationship we had with Sevar as a citizen, where it's understood that we can sacrifice her if necessary for some much larger benefit."

"In practice, the actual and much simpler reply is that the revelation from Asmodeus which led to this project's establishment said, or at least, we think this is what Asmodeus was trying to say, to not pull any of that on you.  So no such discussion was ever entertained at any level of government.  If you're looking for a simple answer that doesn't require you to worry about backroom discussions by people like me, it's right there, I suppose.  Possibly that's why Asmodeus made it so, if you feel that way.  I don't think we would have decided to unsheathe blades at you, absent that order, but I can see His order simplifying things from your perspective."

"In theory," Isidre says, unperturbed, "there's a set of complicated replies here, and in practice, a much simpler one.  In theory, for example, you arrived at the Worldwound, which is itself governed by treaties that Cheliax signed and indeed had a primary hand in designing; we could not have stopped you from walking out on us there, and so it was reasonable to offer you guarantees to come away from the Worldwound to Cheliax proper.  In theory, our government has never said to Carissa Sevar at any point that we would not sacrifice her if that becomes necessary; it's not that we'd be violating a rule around her, but that it's understood that this sort of thing might unfortunately happen, because all of Golarion is in a far more precarious situation than dath ilan.  In principle, if Sevar had been disturbed enough by that, she could have tried to sign a compact with the government saying otherwise, which we would have kept if signed; but Sevar would have needed to find something to make it worth our while to sign that compact, and it would have been pointless and expensive and not really worth it.  And if you ask why Sevar didn't go to a country with more rules instead, my reply would be that, while there are some countries with many more rules, they are not good ones, and also that moving countries is expensive in Golarion and not just in the cost of the teleport.  In the understandings that exist in Golarion, Cheliax is starting with you from scratch, not from the sort of relationship we had with Sevar as a citizen, where it's understood that we can sacrifice her if necessary for some much larger benefit."

"In practice, the actual and much simpler reply is that the revelation from Asmodeus which led to this project's establishment said, or at least, we think this is what Asmodeus was trying to say, to not pull any of that on you.  So no such discussion was ever entertained at any level of government.  If you're looking for a simple answer that doesn't require you to worry about backroom discussions by people like me, it's right there, I suppose.  Possibly that's why Asmodeus ordained it so, if you feel that way.  I don't think we would have decided to unsheathe blades at you, absent His order, but I can see His order simplifying things from your perspective."