"I'm not going to ask you for an oath that potentially destroys your soul," because Good people may be all too willing to sacrifice it, if they think that's sufficiently motivated.  He considers, momentarily, trying to tap her with a truthspell, but in worlds where she's lying and can't defeat the truthspell, a lot of chaos would break loose moments later, and this may not be the place for it.

Also it, you know, credibly is not true at all, and if it were, it could be consensual -

- and if it weren't consensual, Carissa might be into that??  Is that how it works???

"Why would I need to introduce the topic to Carissa carefully?" Keltham says, feeling a sudden tinge of dread.

"I'm not going to ask you for an oath that potentially destroys your soul," because Good people may be all too willing to sacrifice it, if they think that's sufficiently motivated.  He considers, momentarily, trying to tap her with a truthspell, but in worlds where she's lying and can't defeat the truthspell, a lot of chaos would break loose moments later, and this may not be the place for it.

Also the rumor is, you know, credibly not true at all, and if it were true, it could be consensual -

- and if it weren't consensual, Carissa might be into that??  Is that how it works???

"Why would I need to introduce the topic to Carissa carefully?" Keltham says, feeling a sudden tinge of dread.