Asmodia wishes she had some way of actually knowing if she should somehow advise Paxti that the Hell option is her best bet... how would she even communicate that, though, or have Paxti follow through, in a way that wouldn't set off twenty kinds of whatthefuck nearby?

Was that thought itself a pathetic one?  No, if someone somewhere cared about Asmodia, she's allowed to give a fuck about Paxti.  Or the other three, too, though that thought seems stranger as yet.

Asmodia wishes again that she had some way of knowing if the Gardens of Erecura would also receive Paxti, if Paxti could somehow be advised that the Hell option is her best bet... how would she even communicate that, though, or have Paxti follow through, in a way that wouldn't set off twenty kinds of whatthefuck nearby?

Was that thought a stupid one?  No, if someone somewhere cared about Asmodia, she's allowed to give a fuck about Paxti.  Or the other three, too, though that thought seems stranger as yet.