"Well, they do them, I guess."

Keltham reads the contract, carefully; he has not actually heard a Lawful being pronounce it safe, only heard Carissa say that this was told to her.

...It would be legit pretty hard for this contract to hurt Keltham, though, there just aren't any sentences that talk about Keltham needing to do anything.

Except for the section that says the option can be voided if Carissa returns the 500gp to him before it can be exercised.  But even that section is just talking about something that happens to the contract, not something that happens to Keltham.

It would actually be an entirely unacceptable clause for a regular financial contract.  If the option goes up in price, the option purchase just gets reversed at the other party's free option??  Part of Keltham's brain is repeatedly pointing at this and trying to yell about it what a bad deal it is.

The larger Keltham understands the message of the term perfectly well:  Sure, you can have her Future, if and only if she still wants you.

"Be it clear that I know perfectly well that it was the devil, rather than you, who suggested to you, or more accurately, told you, to include the term of this option where you can give me back the price I paid in order to nullify the option," Keltham says aloud.  "And then argued with you about it.  And finally told you that he wasn't executing the compact unless that term was in it exactly the way he put it down."

"Well, they do them, I guess."

Keltham reads the contract, carefully; he has not actually heard a Lawful being pronounce it safe, only heard Carissa say that this was told to her.

...It would be legit pretty hard for this contract to hurt Keltham, though, there just aren't any sentences that talk about Keltham needing to do anything.

Except for the section that says the option can be voided if Carissa returns the 500gp to him before it can be exercised.  But even that section is just talking about something that happens to the contract, not something that happens to Keltham.

It would actually be an entirely unacceptable clause for a regular financial contract.  If the option goes up in price, the option purchase just gets reversed at the other party's will??  Part of Keltham's brain is repeatedly pointing at this and trying to yell about it what a bad deal it is.

The larger Keltham understands the message of the term perfectly well:  Sure, you can have her Future, if and only if she still wants you.

"Be it clear that I know perfectly well that it was the devil, rather than you, who suggested to you, or more accurately, told you, to include the term of this option where you can give me back the price I paid in order to nullify the option," Keltham says aloud.  "And then argued with you about it.  And finally told you that he wasn't executing the compact unless that term was in it exactly the way he put it down."

"Well, they do them, I guess."

Keltham reads the contract, carefully; he has not actually heard a Lawful being pronounce it safe, only heard Carissa say that this was told to her.

...It would be legit pretty hard for this contract to hurt Keltham, though, there just aren't any sentences that talk about Keltham needing to do anything.

Except for the section that says the option can be voided if Carissa returns the 500gp to him before it can be exercised.  But even that section is just talking about something that happens to the contract, not something that happens to Keltham.

It would be an entirely unacceptable clause for a regular financial contract.  If the option goes up in price, the option purchase just gets reversed at the other party's will??  Part of Keltham's brain is repeatedly pointing at this and trying to yell about it what a bad deal it is.

The larger Keltham understands the message of the term perfectly well:  Sure, you can have her Future, if and only if she still wants you.

"Be it clear that I know perfectly well that it was the devil, rather than you, who suggested to you, or more accurately, told you, to include the term of this option where you can give me back the price I paid in order to nullify the option," Keltham says aloud.  "And then argued with you about it.  And finally told you that he wasn't executing the compact unless that term was in it exactly the way he put it down."