Note from Asmodia to Sevar, delivered by Security after Sevar leaves Subirachs's office:

Keltham tapped six girls with Owl's Wisdom and told them to go off to their bedrooms to think afterwards.  Asmodia was one of them.  This report was written up afterwards from notes Asmodia took under the Owl's Wisdom.

Asmodia realized that when she responded to Keltham's inquiry about her superpowers by asking 'Why is everyone asking me that?' this was a potentially catastrophic error, if Keltham had not known that the Crown was aware of his speculation, as Asmodia had not been briefed on that aspect one way or another.  The correct decision for Asmodia would have been to take the lesser risk of not mentioning that anyone else had asked her, even though this would have also been a real risk because, if Keltham did expect others to know and ask that question to Asmodia, real-Asmodia would have said something alter-Asmodia wouldn't have said.  Asmodia notes in her defense that she had very little time to think when Keltham sprung that question on her, and that she erred on the side of not lying, even though concealment was the correct course given what she didn't know.

Asmodia notes that she believes the fault for this narrowly averted event lies not only with herself, but also that nobody briefed her on Keltham's expectations about the Crown order to check her for superpowers, in particular, whether Keltham was supposed to know that this event had happened, or in fact that the whole thing had started with Keltham at all.

Asmodia registers her suspicion that too much information is being hidden from people who aren't Keltham.  This isn't an ordinary project where people can know only what they need to know, it's a project built around an intricate fragile lie and everybody who isn't being lied-to needs to know what's going on with every part of the lie at every point.

Asmodia notes that she would probably have tried to deny this whole chain of thought to herself if she wasn't on the new only-Taldorian-punishment regime, shutting it down well before it got to the point of Asmodia thinking about having done something worthy of punishment somewhere Security could hear those thoughts and censure her if she didn't report them.  Thinking about what you might have done wrong is dangerous if you will need to report any new errors you find and get punished for those.

Asmodia registers Prediction:  Tonia will either fail wholly to master dath ilani thought, or will be tortured beyond the point of usefulness for heretical thoughts, or will have dath ilani thought successfully tortured out of her as something inside her realizes that she loses points each time she plays the game.

Asmodia has also realized that she is acting very visibly different from her supposed alter-Cheliax self.  Alter-Asmodia is incredibly curious about what the Abyss Keltham was talking about, which real-Asmodia also is, but alter-Asmodia does not have any reason not to be talking to Keltham about this already, because alter-Asmodia isn't scared quiet by Security or Sevar or concerns that something huge is going on that she is not supposed to know about.  Alter-Asmodia wants to know if Keltham has a way for her to get superpowers next time she's in Hell.  Alter-Asmodia asked him about it at breakfast in front of all the other girls.  Please advise.

Note from Asmodia to Sevar, delivered by Security after Sevar leaves Subirachs's office:

Keltham tapped six girls with Owl's Wisdom and told them to go off to their bedrooms to think afterwards.  Asmodia was one of them.  This report was written up afterwards from notes Asmodia took under the Owl's Wisdom.

Asmodia has now realized that when she responded to Keltham's inquiry about her superpowers by asking 'Why is everyone asking me that?' this was a potentially catastrophic error, if Keltham had not known that the Crown was aware of his speculation, as Asmodia had not been briefed on that aspect one way or another.  The correct decision for Asmodia would have been to take the lesser risk of not mentioning that anyone else had asked her, even though this would have also been a real risk because, if Keltham did expect others to know and ask that question to Asmodia, real-Asmodia would have said something alter-Asmodia wouldn't have said.  Asmodia notes in her defense that she had very little time to think when Keltham sprung that question on her, and that she erred on the side of not lying, even though concealment was the correct course given what she didn't know.

Asmodia notes that she believes the fault for this narrowly averted event lies not only with herself, but also that nobody briefed her on Keltham's expectations about the Crown order to check her for superpowers, in particular, whether Keltham was supposed to know that this event had happened, or in fact that the whole thing had started with Keltham at all.

Asmodia registers her suspicion that too much information is being hidden from people who aren't Keltham.  This isn't an ordinary project where people can know only what they need to know, it's a project built around an intricate fragile lie and everybody who isn't being lied-to needs to know what's going on with every part of the lie at every point.

Asmodia notes that she would probably have tried to deny this whole chain of thought to herself if she wasn't on the new only-Taldorian-punishment regime, shutting it down well before it got to the point of Asmodia thinking about having done something worthy of punishment somewhere Security could hear those thoughts and censure her if she didn't report them.  Thinking about what you might have done wrong is dangerous if you will need to report any new errors you find and get punished for those.

Asmodia registers Prediction:  Tonia will either fail wholly to master dath ilani thought, or will be tortured beyond the point of usefulness for heretical thoughts, or will have dath ilani thought successfully tortured out of her as something inside her realizes that she loses points each time she plays the game.

Asmodia has also realized that she is acting very visibly different from her supposed alter-Cheliax self.  Alter-Asmodia is incredibly curious about what the Abyss Keltham was talking about, which real-Asmodia also is, but alter-Asmodia does not have any reason not to be talking to Keltham about this already, because alter-Asmodia isn't scared quiet by Security or Sevar or concerns that something huge is going on that she is not supposed to know about.  Alter-Asmodia wants to know if Keltham has a way for her to get superpowers next time she's in Hell.  Alter-Asmodia asked him about it at breakfast in front of all the other girls.  Please advise.

Note from Asmodia to Sevar, delivered by Security after Sevar leaves Subirachs's office:

Keltham tapped six girls with Owl's Wisdom and told them to go off to their bedrooms to think afterwards.  Asmodia was one of them.  This report was written up afterwards from notes Asmodia took under the Owl's Wisdom.

Asmodia has now realized that when she responded to Keltham's inquiry about her superpowers by asking 'Why is everyone asking me that?' this was a potentially catastrophic error, if Keltham had not known that the Crown was aware of his speculation, as Asmodia had not been briefed on that aspect one way or another.  The correct decision for Asmodia would have been to take the lesser risk of not mentioning that anyone else had asked her, even though this would have also been a real risk because, if Keltham did expect others to know and ask that question to Asmodia, real-Asmodia would have said something alter-Asmodia wouldn't have said.  Asmodia notes in her defense that she had very little time to think when Keltham sprung that question on her, and that she erred on the side of not lying, even though concealment was the correct course given what she didn't know.

Asmodia notes that she believes the fault for this narrowly averted event lies not only with herself, but also that nobody briefed her on Keltham's expectations about the Crown order to check her for superpowers, in particular, whether Keltham was supposed to know that this event had happened.

Asmodia registers her suspicion that too much information is being hidden from people who aren't Keltham.  This isn't an ordinary project where people can know only what they need to know, it's a project built around an intricate fragile lie and everybody who isn't being lied-to needs to know what's going on with every part of the lie at every point.

Asmodia notes that she would probably have tried to deny this whole chain of thought to herself if she wasn't on the new only-Taldorian-punishment regime, shutting it down well before it got to the point of Asmodia thinking about having done something worthy of punishment somewhere Security could hear those thoughts and censure her if she didn't report them.  Thinking about what you might have done wrong is dangerous if you will need to report any new errors you find and get punished for those.

Asmodia registers Prediction:  Tonia will either fail wholly to master dath ilani thought, or will be tortured beyond the point of usefulness for heretical thoughts, or will have dath ilani thought successfully tortured out of her as something inside her realizes that she loses points each time she plays the game.

Asmodia has also realized that she is acting very visibly different from her supposed alter-Cheliax self.  Alter-Asmodia is incredibly curious about what the Abyss Keltham was talking about, which real-Asmodia also is, but alter-Asmodia does not have any reason not to be talking to Keltham about this already, because alter-Asmodia isn't scared quiet by Security or Sevar or concerns that something huge is going on that she is not supposed to know about.  Alter-Asmodia wants to know if Keltham has a way for her to get superpowers next time she's in Hell.  Alter-Asmodia asked him about it at breakfast in front of all the other girls.  Please advise.

Note from Asmodia to Sevar, delivered by Security after Sevar leaves Subirachs's office:

Keltham tapped six girls with Owl's Wisdom and told them to go off to their bedrooms to think afterwards.  Asmodia was one of them.  This report was written up afterwards from notes Asmodia took under the Owl's Wisdom.

Asmodia has now realized that when she responded to Keltham's inquiry about her superpowers by asking 'Why is everyone asking me that?' this was a potentially catastrophic error, if Keltham had not known that the Crown was aware of his speculation, as Asmodia had not been briefed on that aspect one way or another.  The correct decision for Asmodia would have been to take the lesser risk of not mentioning that anyone else had asked her, even though this would have also been a real risk because, if Keltham did expect others to know and ask that question to Asmodia, real-Asmodia would have said something alter-Asmodia wouldn't have said.  Asmodia notes in her defense that she had very little time to think when Keltham sprung that question on her, and that she erred on the side of not lying, even though concealment was the correct course given what she didn't know.

Asmodia notes that she believes the fault for this narrowly averted event lies not only with herself, but also that nobody briefed her on Keltham's expectations about the Crown order to check her for superpowers, in particular, whether Keltham was supposed to know that this event had happened.

Asmodia registers her suspicion that too much information is being hidden from people who aren't Keltham.  This isn't an ordinary project where people can know only what they need to know, it's a project built around an intricate fragile lie and everybody who isn't being lied-to needs to know what's going on with every part of the lie at every point.

Asmodia notes that she would probably have tried to deny this whole chain of thought to herself if she wasn't on the new only-Taldorian-punishment regime, shutting it down well before it got to the point of Asmodia thinking about having done something worthy of punishment somewhere Security could hear those thoughts and censure her if she didn't report them.  Thinking about what you might have done wrong is dangerous if you will need to report any new errors you find and get punished for those.  She is also being more honest in reporting what she sees as potential flaws in what's going on above her.

Asmodia registers Prediction:  Tonia will either fail wholly to master dath ilani thought, or will be tortured beyond the point of usefulness for heretical thoughts, or will have dath ilani thought successfully tortured out of her as something inside her realizes that she loses points each time she plays the game.

Asmodia means no insubordination by any of this and will obviously accept instruction and correction if she is mistaken.

Asmodia has also realized that she is acting very visibly different from her supposed alter-Cheliax self.  Alter-Asmodia is incredibly curious about what the Abyss Keltham was talking about, which real-Asmodia also is, but alter-Asmodia does not have any reason not to be talking to Keltham about this already, because alter-Asmodia isn't scared quiet by Security or Sevar or concerns that something huge is going on that she is not supposed to know about.  Alter-Asmodia wants to know if Keltham has a way for her to get superpowers next time she's in Hell.  Alter-Asmodia asked him about it at breakfast in front of all the other girls.  Please advise.

Note from Asmodia to Sevar, delivered by Security after Sevar leaves Subirachs's office:

Keltham tapped six girls with Owl's Wisdom and told them to go off to their bedrooms to think afterwards.  Asmodia was one of them.  This report was written up afterwards from notes Asmodia took under the Owl's Wisdom.

Asmodia has now realized that when she responded to Keltham's inquiry about her superpowers by asking 'Why is everyone asking me that?' this was a potentially catastrophic error, if Keltham had not known that the Crown was aware of his speculation, as Asmodia had not been briefed on that aspect one way or another.  The correct decision for Asmodia would have been to take the lesser risk of not mentioning that anyone else had asked her, even though this would have also been a real risk because, if Keltham did expect others to know and ask that question to Asmodia, real-Asmodia would have said something alter-Asmodia wouldn't have said.  Asmodia notes in her defense that she had very little time to think when Keltham sprung that question on her, and that she erred on the side of not lying, even though concealment was the correct course given what she didn't know.

Asmodia notes that she believes the fault for this narrowly averted event lies not only with herself, but also that nobody briefed her on Keltham's expectations about the Crown order to check her for superpowers, in particular, whether Keltham was supposed to know that this event had happened.

Asmodia registers her suspicion that too much information is being hidden from people who aren't Keltham.  This isn't an ordinary project where people can know only what they need to know, it's a project built around an intricate fragile lie and everybody who isn't being lied-to needs to know what's going on with every part of the lie at every point.

Asmodia notes that she would probably have tried to deny this whole chain of thought to herself if she wasn't on the new only-Taldorian-punishment regime, shutting it down well before it got to the point of Asmodia thinking about having done something worthy of punishment somewhere Security could hear those thoughts and censure her if she didn't report them.  Thinking about what you might have done wrong is dangerous if you will need to report any new errors you find and get punished for those.  She is also being more honest in reporting what she sees as potential flaws in what's going on around her because she expects less to be punished for that if she's wrong.

Asmodia registers Prediction:  Tonia will either fail wholly to master dath ilani thought, or will be tortured beyond the point of usefulness for heretical thoughts, or will have dath ilani thought successfully tortured out of her as something inside her realizes that she loses points each time she plays the game.

Asmodia means no insubordination by any of this and will obviously accept instruction and correction if she is mistaken.

Asmodia has also realized that she is acting very visibly different from her supposed alter-Cheliax self.  Alter-Asmodia is incredibly curious about what the Abyss Keltham was talking about, which real-Asmodia also is, but alter-Asmodia does not have any reason not to be talking to Keltham about this already, because alter-Asmodia isn't scared quiet by Security or Sevar or concerns that something huge is going on that she is not supposed to know about.  Alter-Asmodia wants to know if Keltham has a way for her to get superpowers next time she's in Hell.  Alter-Asmodia asked him about it at breakfast in front of all the other girls.  Please advise.

Note from Asmodia to Sevar, delivered by Security after Sevar leaves Subirachs's office:

Keltham tapped six girls with Owl's Wisdom and told them to go off to their bedrooms to think afterwards.  Asmodia was one of them.  This report was written up afterwards from notes Asmodia took under the Owl's Wisdom.

Asmodia has now realized that when she responded to Keltham's inquiry about her superpowers by asking 'Why is everyone asking me that?' this was a potentially catastrophic error, if Keltham had not known that the Crown was aware of his speculation, as Asmodia had not been briefed on that aspect one way or another.  The correct decision for Asmodia would have been to take the lesser risk of not mentioning that anyone else had asked her, even though this would have also been a real risk because, if Keltham did expect others to know and ask that question to Asmodia, real-Asmodia would have said something alter-Asmodia wouldn't have said.  Asmodia notes in her defense that she had very little time to think when Keltham sprung that question on her, and that she erred on the side of not lying, even though concealment was the correct course given what she didn't know.

Asmodia notes that she believes the fault for this narrowly averted event lies not only with herself, but also that nobody briefed her on Keltham's expectations about the Crown order to check her for superpowers, in particular, whether Keltham was supposed to know that this event had happened.

Asmodia registers her suspicion that too much information is being hidden from people who aren't Keltham.  This isn't an ordinary project where people can know only what they need to know, it's a project built around an intricate fragile lie and everybody who isn't being lied-to needs to know what's going on with every part of the lie at every point.

Asmodia notes that she would probably have tried to deny this whole chain of thought to herself if she wasn't on the new only-Taldorian-punishment regime, shutting it down well before it got to the point of Asmodia thinking about having done something worthy of punishment somewhere Security could hear those thoughts and censure her if she didn't report them.  Thinking about what you might have done wrong is dangerous if you will need to report any new errors you find and get punished for those.  She is also being more honest in reporting what she sees as potential flaws in what's going on around her, because she expects less to be punished for that risk if she questions her teacher and proves to be wrong.

Asmodia registers Prediction:  Tonia will either fail wholly to master dath ilani thought, or will be tortured beyond the point of usefulness for heretical thoughts, or will have dath ilani thought successfully tortured out of her as something inside her realizes that she loses points each time she plays the game.

Asmodia means no insubordination by any of this and will obviously accept instruction and correction if she is mistaken.

Asmodia has also realized that she is acting very visibly different from her supposed alter-Cheliax self.  Alter-Asmodia is incredibly curious about what the Abyss Keltham was talking about, which real-Asmodia also is, but alter-Asmodia does not have any reason not to be talking to Keltham about this already, because alter-Asmodia isn't scared quiet by Security or Sevar or concerns that something huge is going on that she is not supposed to know about.  Alter-Asmodia wants to know if Keltham has a way for her to get superpowers next time she's in Hell.  Alter-Asmodia asked him about it at breakfast in front of all the other girls.  Please advise.

Note from Asmodia to Sevar, delivered by Security after Sevar leaves Subirachs's office:

Keltham tapped six girls with Owl's Wisdom and told them to go off to their bedrooms to think afterwards.  Asmodia was one of them.  This report was written up afterwards from notes Asmodia took under the Owl's Wisdom.

Asmodia has now realized that when she responded to Keltham's inquiry about her superpowers by asking 'Why is everyone asking me that?' this was a potentially catastrophic error, if Keltham had not known that the Crown was aware of his speculation, as Asmodia had not been briefed on that aspect one way or another.  The correct decision for Asmodia would have been to take the lesser risk of not mentioning that anyone else had asked her, even though this would have also been a risk because, if Keltham did expect others to know, real-Asmodia would have behaved differently from alter-Asmodia.  Asmodia notes in her defense that she had very little time to think when Keltham sprung that question on her, and that she erred on the side of not lying, even though concealment was the correct course given what she didn't know.

Asmodia notes that she believes the fault for this narrowly averted event lies not only with herself, but also that nobody briefed her on Keltham's expectations about the Crown order to check her for superpowers, in particular, whether Keltham was supposed to know that this event had happened.

Asmodia registers her suspicion that too much information is being hidden from people who aren't Keltham.  This isn't an ordinary project where people can know only what they need to know, it's a project built around an intricate fragile lie and everybody who isn't being lied-to needs to know what's going on with every part of the lie at every point.

Asmodia notes that she would probably have tried to deny this whole chain of thought to herself if she wasn't on the new only-Taldorian-punishment regime, shutting it down well before it got to the point of Asmodia thinking about having done something worthy of punishment somewhere Security could hear those thoughts and censure her if she didn't report them.  Thinking about what you might have done wrong is dangerous if you will need to report any new errors you find and get punished for those.  She is also being more honest in reporting what she sees as potential flaws in what's going on around her, because she expects less to be punished for that risk if she questions her teacher and proves to be wrong.

Asmodia registers Prediction:  Tonia will either fail wholly to master dath ilani thought, or will be tortured beyond the point of usefulness for heretical thoughts, or will have dath ilani thought successfully tortured out of her as something inside her realizes that she loses points each time she plays the game.

Asmodia means no insubordination by any of this and will obviously accept instruction and correction if she is mistaken.

Asmodia has also realized that she is acting very visibly different from her supposed alter-Cheliax self.  Alter-Asmodia is incredibly curious about what the Abyss Keltham was talking about, which real-Asmodia also is, but alter-Asmodia does not have any reason not to be talking to Keltham about this already, because alter-Asmodia isn't scared quiet by Security or Sevar or concerns that something huge is going on that she is not supposed to know about.  Alter-Asmodia wants to know if Keltham has a way for her to get superpowers next time she's in Hell.  Alter-Asmodia asked him about it at breakfast in front of all the other girls.  Please advise.

Note from Asmodia to Sevar, delivered by Security after Sevar leaves Subirachs's office:

Keltham tapped six girls with Owl's Wisdom and told them to go off to their bedrooms to think afterwards.  Asmodia was one of them.  This report was written up afterwards from notes Asmodia took under the Owl's Wisdom.

Asmodia has now realized that when she responded to Keltham's inquiry about her superpowers by asking 'Why is everyone asking me that?' this was a potentially catastrophic error, if Keltham had not known that the Crown was aware of his speculation, as Asmodia had not been briefed on that aspect one way or another.  The correct decision for Asmodia would have been to take the lesser risk of not mentioning that anyone else had asked her, even though this would have also been a risk because, if Keltham did expect others to know, real-Asmodia would have behaved differently from alter-Asmodia.  Asmodia notes in her defense that she had very little time to think when Keltham sprung that question on her, and that she erred on the side of not lying, even though concealment was the correct course given what she didn't know.

Asmodia notes that she believes the fault for this narrowly averted event lies not only with herself, but also that nobody briefed her on Keltham's expectations about the Crown order to check her for superpowers, in particular, whether Keltham was supposed to know that this event had happened.

Asmodia registers her suspicion that too much information is being hidden from people who aren't Keltham.  This isn't an ordinary project where people can know only what they need to know, it's a project built around an intricate fragile lie and everybody who isn't being lied-to needs to know what's going on with every part of the lie at every point.

Asmodia notes that she would probably have tried to deny this whole chain of thought to herself if she wasn't on the new only-Taldorian-punishment regime, shutting it down well before it got to the point of Asmodia thinking about having done something worthy of punishment somewhere Security could hear those thoughts and censure her if she didn't report them.  Initially starting to look for and think about what you might have done wrong is dangerous, if you will need to report any new errors you find and get punished for those.  Asmodia is also being more honest in reporting what she sees as potential flaws in what's going on around her, because she expects less to be punished for that risk if she questions her teacher and proves to be wrong.

Asmodia registers Prediction:  Tonia will either fail wholly to master dath ilani thought, or will be tortured beyond the point of usefulness for heretical thoughts, or will have dath ilani thought successfully tortured out of her as something inside her realizes that she loses points each time she plays the game.

Asmodia means no insubordination by any of this and will obviously accept instruction and correction if she is mistaken.

Asmodia has also realized that she is acting very visibly different from her supposed alter-Cheliax self.  Alter-Asmodia is incredibly curious about what the Abyss Keltham was talking about, which real-Asmodia also is, but alter-Asmodia does not have any reason not to be talking to Keltham about this already, because alter-Asmodia isn't scared quiet by Security or Sevar or concerns that something huge is going on that she is not supposed to know about.  Alter-Asmodia wants to know if Keltham has a way for her to get superpowers next time she's in Hell.  Alter-Asmodia asked him about it at breakfast in front of all the other girls.  Please advise.

Note from Asmodia to Sevar, delivered by Security after Sevar leaves Subirachs's office:

Keltham tapped six girls with Owl's Wisdom and told them to go off to their bedrooms to think afterwards.  Asmodia was one of them.  This report was written up afterwards from notes Asmodia took under the Owl's Wisdom.

Asmodia has now realized that when she responded to Keltham's inquiry about her superpowers by asking 'Why is everyone asking me that?' this was a potentially catastrophic error, if Keltham had not believed that the Crown was supposed to be aware of his speculation.  Asmodia had not been briefed on that aspect one way or another, so the correct decision for Asmodia would have been to take the lesser risk of not mentioning that anyone else had asked her; even though this would have also been a risk because, if Keltham did expect others to know, real-Asmodia would have behaved differently from alter-Asmodia.  Asmodia notes in her defense that she had very little time to think when Keltham sprung that question on her, and that she erred on the side of not lying, even though concealment was the correct course given what she didn't know.

Asmodia notes that she believes the fault for this narrowly averted event lies not only with herself, but also that nobody briefed her on Keltham's expectations about the Crown order to check her for superpowers, in particular, whether Keltham was supposed to know that this event had happened.

Asmodia registers her suspicion that too much information is being hidden from people who aren't Keltham.  This isn't an ordinary project where people can know only what they need to know, it's a project built around an intricate fragile lie and everybody who isn't being lied-to needs to know what's going on with every part of the lie at every point.

Asmodia notes that she would probably have tried to deny this whole chain of thought to herself if she wasn't on the new only-Taldorian-punishment regime, shutting it down well before it got to the point of Asmodia thinking about having done something worthy of punishment somewhere Security could hear those thoughts and censure her if she didn't report them.  Initially starting to look for and think about what you might have done wrong is dangerous, if you will need to report any new errors you find and get punished for those.  Asmodia is also being more honest in reporting what she sees as potential flaws in what's going on around her, because she expects less to be punished for that risk if she questions her teacher and proves to be wrong.

Asmodia registers Prediction:  Tonia will either fail wholly to master dath ilani thought, or will be tortured beyond the point of usefulness for heretical thoughts, or will have dath ilani thought successfully tortured out of her as something inside her realizes that she loses points each time she plays the game.

Asmodia means no insubordination by any of this and will obviously accept instruction and correction if she is mistaken.

Asmodia has also realized that she is acting very visibly different from her supposed alter-Cheliax self.  Alter-Asmodia is incredibly curious about what the Abyss Keltham was talking about, which real-Asmodia also is, but alter-Asmodia does not have any reason not to be talking to Keltham about this already, because alter-Asmodia isn't scared quiet by Security or Sevar or concerns that something huge is going on that she is not supposed to know about.  Alter-Asmodia wants to know if Keltham has a way for her to get superpowers next time she's in Hell.  Alter-Asmodia asked him about it at breakfast in front of all the other girls.  Please advise.

Note from Asmodia to Sevar, delivered by Security after Sevar leaves Subirachs's office:

Keltham tapped six girls with Owl's Wisdom and told them to go off to their bedrooms to think afterwards.  Asmodia was one of them.  This report was written in haste under the Owl's Wisdom but completed after it ended.

Asmodia has now realized that when she responded to Keltham's inquiry about her superpowers by asking 'Why is everyone asking me that?' this was a potentially catastrophic error, if Keltham had not believed that the Crown was supposed to be aware of his speculation.  Asmodia had not been briefed on that aspect one way or another, so the correct decision for Asmodia would have been to take the lesser risk of not mentioning that anyone else had asked her; even though this would have also been a risk because, if Keltham did expect others to know, real-Asmodia would have behaved differently from alter-Asmodia.  Asmodia notes in her defense that she had very little time to think when Keltham sprung that question on her, and that she erred on the side of not lying, even though concealment was the correct course given what she didn't know.

Asmodia notes that she believes the fault for this narrowly averted event lies not only with herself, but also that nobody briefed her on Keltham's expectations about the Crown order to check her for superpowers, in particular, whether Keltham was supposed to know that this event had happened.

Asmodia registers her suspicion that too much information is being hidden from people who aren't Keltham.  This isn't an ordinary project where people can know only what they need to know, it's a project built around an intricate fragile lie and everybody who isn't being lied-to needs to know what's going on with every part of the lie at every point.

Asmodia notes that she would probably have tried to deny this whole chain of thought to herself if she wasn't on the new only-Taldorian-punishment regime, shutting it down well before it got to the point of Asmodia thinking about having done something worthy of punishment somewhere Security could hear those thoughts and censure her if she didn't report them.  Initially starting to look for and think about what you might have done wrong is dangerous, if you will need to report any new errors you find and get punished for those.  Asmodia is also being more honest in reporting what she sees as potential flaws in what's going on around her, because she expects less to be punished for that risk if she questions her teacher and proves to be wrong.

Asmodia registers Prediction:  Tonia will either fail wholly to master dath ilani thought, or will be tortured beyond the point of usefulness for heretical thoughts, or will have dath ilani thought successfully tortured out of her as something inside her realizes that she loses points each time she plays the game.

Asmodia means no insubordination by any of this and will obviously accept instruction and correction if she is mistaken.

Asmodia has also realized that she is acting very visibly different from her supposed alter-Cheliax self.  Alter-Asmodia is incredibly curious about what the Abyss Keltham was talking about, which real-Asmodia also is, but alter-Asmodia does not have any reason not to be talking to Keltham about this already, because alter-Asmodia isn't scared quiet by Security or Sevar or concerns that something huge is going on that she is not supposed to know about.  Alter-Asmodia wants to know if Keltham has a way for her to get superpowers next time she's in Hell.  Alter-Asmodia asked him about it at breakfast in front of all the other girls.  Please advise.

Note from Asmodia to Sevar, delivered by Security after Sevar leaves Subirachs's office:

Keltham tapped six girls with Owl's Wisdom and told them to go off to their bedrooms to think afterwards.  Asmodia was one of them.  This report was written in haste under the Owl's Wisdom but completed after it ended.

Asmodia has now realized that when she responded to Keltham's inquiry about her superpowers by asking 'Why is everyone asking me that?' this was a potentially catastrophic error, if Keltham had not believed that the Crown was supposed to be aware of his speculation.  Asmodia had not been briefed on that aspect one way or another, so the correct decision for Asmodia would have been to take the lesser risk of not mentioning that anyone else had asked her; even though this would have also been a risk because, if Keltham did expect others to know, real-Asmodia would have behaved differently from alter-Asmodia.  Asmodia notes in her defense that she had very little time to think when Keltham sprung that question on her, and that she erred on the side of not lying, even though concealment was the correct course given what she didn't know.

Asmodia notes that she believes the fault for this narrowly averted event lies not only with herself, but also that nobody briefed her on Keltham's expectations about the Crown order to check her for superpowers, in particular, whether Keltham was supposed to know that this event had happened.

Asmodia registers her suspicion that too much information is being hidden from people who aren't Keltham.  This isn't an ordinary project where people can know only what they need to know, it's a project built around an intricate fragile lie and everybody who isn't being lied-to needs to know what's going on with every part of the lie at every point.

Asmodia notes that she would probably have tried to deny this whole chain of thought to herself if she wasn't on the new only-Taldorian-punishment regime, shutting it down well before it got to the point of Asmodia thinking about having done something worthy of punishment somewhere Security could hear those thoughts and censure her if she didn't report them.  Initially starting to look for and think about what you might have done wrong is dangerous, if you will need to report any new errors you find and get punished for those.  Asmodia is also being more honest in reporting what she sees as potential flaws in what's going on around her, because she expects less to be punished for that risk if she questions her teacher and proves to be wrong.

Asmodia registers Prediction:  Tonia will either fail wholly to master dath ilani thought, or will be tortured beyond the point of usefulness for heretical thoughts, or will have dath ilani thought successfully tortured out of her as something inside her realizes that she loses points each time she plays the game.

Asmodia means no insubordination by any of this and will obviously accept instruction and correction if she is mistaken.

Asmodia has also realized that she is acting very visibly different from her supposed alter-Cheliax self.  Alter-Asmodia is incredibly curious what the Abyss Keltham was talking about, which real-Asmodia also is, but alter-Asmodia does not have any reason not to be talking to Keltham about this already, because alter-Asmodia isn't scared quiet by Security or Sevar or concerns that something huge is going on that she is not supposed to know about.  Alter-Asmodia wants to know if Keltham has a way for her to get superpowers next time she's in Hell.  Alter-Asmodia asked him about it at breakfast in front of all the other girls.  Please advise.