That couldn't actually be the reason for Asmodeus's instructions, could it?  No, it has to be some pre-existing godagreement, or a bargain with Abadar and Nethys whose initial premise was that they cooperated to bring Keltham here and Cheliax got first crack at him, or one of the other likely possibilities that Aspexia reluctantly discussed (reluctantly because Aspexia would rather that Abrogail shut up and follow His orders).  Absent those instructions, Cheliax most certainly could have gotten compliance out of Keltham, regardless of his society's silly pretense of a godlike immunity to threats -

And now Keltham is thinking about how the other possibility would've played out, whether he could commit suicide using a Create Water cantrip or other tools that his god could unilaterally give him.  But Cheliax could just raise you, then, poor fool; unlike Raise Dead, Resurrection doesn't require consent.  The only danger would be if Abadar could instruct Osirion to raise Keltham before Cheliax could, and Cheliax would know it was in a race and they would have that information first -

Now Keltham is also thinking about Raise Dead, and thinking about the story Carissa gave him about oaths, and how he could if necessary break an oath over something trivial, unilaterally in a way that nobody else depended on so it wouldn't actually violate the ~~~~~~~~~~, and so go to Abaddon.

Keltham expects to - just end up somewhere else, if he did that?  But he knows he might not and this doesn't faze him.  He'd literally rather go to Abaddon than comply.  True death doesn't scare him as much as it scares some dath ilani, he's thinking now, and - he's not even imagining Cheliax severely torturing him in a scary way to which he'd prefer nonexistence, the thought that they could break him with torture still hasn't occurred to him, he'd just walk out on this entire universe and existence itself rather than accept a forced unfair division of gains from trade, because if you can't do that, why would anybody bother bargaining fairly with you.

He wouldn't actually have been able to do it, if Cheliax was running Detect Thoughts on him, and not otherwise restrained by Asmodeus.  They've ever had experience with uncooperative torture victims.  You don't instantly end up in Abaddon and instantly get eaten.

...but maybe, just maybe, Abrogail feels the tiniest shred of respect for Keltham at this point.  That degree of 'fuck you' is something she can appreciate.

Of course now she wants even more to see what Keltham's mind would look like when it broke, but Asmodeus said not to do that so she won't.

That couldn't actually be the reason for Asmodeus's instructions, could it?  No, it has to be some pre-existing godagreement, or a bargain with Abadar and Nethys whose initial premise was that they cooperated to bring Keltham here and Cheliax got first crack at him, or one of the other likely possibilities that Aspexia reluctantly discussed (reluctantly because Aspexia would rather that Abrogail shut up and follow His orders).  Absent those instructions, Cheliax most certainly could have gotten compliance out of Keltham, regardless of his society's silly pretense of a godlike immunity to threats -

And now Keltham is thinking about how the other possibility would've played out, whether he could commit suicide using a Create Water cantrip or other tools that his god could unilaterally give him.  But Cheliax could just raise you, then, poor fool; Miracle doesn't require consent.  The only danger would be if Abadar could instruct Osirion to raise Keltham before Cheliax could, and Cheliax would know it was in a race and they would have that information first -

Now Keltham is also thinking about Raise Dead, and thinking about the story Carissa gave him about oaths, and how he could if necessary break an oath over something trivial, unilaterally in a way that nobody else depended on so it wouldn't actually violate the ~~~~~~~~~~, and so go to Abaddon.

Keltham expects to - just end up somewhere else, if he did that?  But he knows he might not and this doesn't faze him.  He'd literally rather go to Abaddon than comply.  True death doesn't scare him as much as it scares some dath ilani, he's thinking now, and - he's not even imagining Cheliax severely torturing him in a scary way to which he'd prefer nonexistence, the thought that they could break him with torture still hasn't occurred to him, he'd just walk out on this entire universe and existence itself rather than accept a forced unfair division of gains from trade, because if you can't do that, why would anybody bother bargaining fairly with you.

He wouldn't actually have been able to do it, if Cheliax was running Detect Thoughts on him, and not otherwise restrained by Asmodeus.  They've ever had experience with uncooperative torture victims.  You don't instantly end up in Abaddon and instantly get eaten.

...but maybe, just maybe, Abrogail feels the tiniest shred of respect for Keltham at this point.  That degree of 'fuck you' is something she can appreciate.

Of course now she wants even more to see what Keltham's mind would look like when it broke, but Asmodeus said not to do that so she won't.