Asmodia has never met Aspexia Rugatonn before and it was, in fact, taking her a moment to identify that this is not just a high priestess of Asmodeus but one who's wearing a very distinct Crown.
She's so shocked that it takes her too, too long to realize that she should be falling to her knees feeling more terrified than she has at any moment since she wept in the Gardens of Erecura no she needs to not think about that there must be no suspicious gaps in her thoughts what should she be thinking about -
They said that people on the project didn't get tortured she hopes that's true even with the Grand High Priestess of Asmodeus she didn't mean, she didn't mean any temerity, she only hoped for the tool she needs to serve Asmodeus -