Well, at least she's not straight-up lying to him about that, that's an encouraging sign.

"I haven't the tiniest intention of fighting fair, Isidre, not against the Queen of Cheliax.  The more impossible a problem is without cheating, the more it means you're supposed to cheat."

"She's more of a Good person than I am, by the sound of things, or Carissa thought she might not be that Good, but her advisors certainly sound Good-leaning.  All 'the good of Cheliax requires that you have no fun' and that.  The Church of Asmodeus yoinks her political capital if she actually tries to take Sevar; I can threaten to walk out on Cheliax if I lose Sevar to her and mean that, because I'm less Good than she is and have fewer existing bargains I'm constrained by."

"I'd expect Carissa's sexuality to accept that coin, if it's a reasonable and logical sort of sexuality.  The question of who is more willing to use their power is very much the determinant of who actually would end up with absolute-power over her - of who is the person from whom, if they so chose, Carissa could not escape."

Well, at least she's not straight-up lying to him about that, that's an encouraging sign.

"I haven't the tiniest intention of fighting fair, Isidre, not against the Queen of Cheliax.  The more impossible a problem is without cheating, the more it means you're supposed to cheat."

"She's more of a Good person than I am, by the sound of things, or Carissa thought she might not be that Good, but her advisors certainly sound Good-leaning.  All 'the good of Cheliax requires that you have no fun' and that.  The Church of Asmodeus yoinks her political capital if she actually tries to take Sevar; I can threaten to walk out on Cheliax if I lose Sevar to her and mean that, because I'm less Good than she is and have fewer existing bargains I'm constrained by."

"I'd expect Carissa's sexuality to accept that coin, if it's a reasonable and logical sort of sexuality.  The question of who is more willing to use their power is very much the determinant of who actually would end up with absolute-power over her - who it is that, if they so chose, Carissa could not escape from."

Well, at least she's not straight-up lying to him about that, that's an encouraging sign.

"I haven't the tiniest intention of fighting fair, Isidre, not against the Queen of Cheliax.  The more impossible a problem is without cheating, the more it means you're supposed to cheat."

"She's more of a Good person than I am, by the sound of things, or Carissa thought she might not be that Good, but her advisors certainly sound Good-leaning.  All 'the good of Cheliax requires that you have no fun' and that.  The Church of Asmodeus yoinks her political capital if she actually tries to take Sevar; I can say I'll walk out on Cheliax if I lose Sevar to her and mean that, because I'm less Good than she is and have fewer existing bargains I'm constrained by."

"I'd expect Carissa's sexuality to accept that coin, if it's a reasonable and logical sort of sexuality.  The question of who is more willing to use their power is very much the determinant of who actually would end up with absolute-power over her - who it is that, if they so chose, Carissa could not escape from."

Well, at least she's not straight-up lying to him about that, that's an encouraging sign.

"I haven't the tiniest intention of fighting fair, Isidre, not against the Chief Executive of Cheliax.  The more impossible a problem is without cheating, the more it means you're supposed to cheat."

"She's more of a Good person than I am, by the sound of things, or Carissa thought she might not be that Good, but her advisors certainly sound Good-leaning.  All 'the good of Cheliax requires that you have no fun' and that.  The Church of Asmodeus yoinks her political capital if she actually tries to take Sevar; I can say I'll walk out on Cheliax if I lose Sevar to her and mean that, because I'm less Good than she is and have fewer existing bargains I'm constrained by."

"I'd expect Carissa's sexuality to accept that coin, if it's a reasonable and logical sort of sexuality.  The question of who is more willing to use their power is very much the determinant of who actually would end up with absolute-power over her - who it is that, if they so chose, Carissa could not escape from."