Asmodia is frightened because Abarco is scary but it is not her first time being frightened in Cheliax, and for the first time in her whole life she knows that there is a way out, at least for 100 years, if things get bad enough.
"None of that was relevant to the secret," Asmodia says, keeping her voice as controlled as she can. "If it was I'd have lied and not volunteered information."