There's seven empty chairs about the table, so exactly as many as remaining Project Lawful members.  Sevar, Subirachs, and Maillol are all seated next to each other in a cluster, the Queen and Aspexia Rugatonn each have two empty chairs apiece to either side of them.

There's a kind of cold terror in her, if the Queen is running Detect Thoughts then she is not getting out of her without showing Gorthoklek's authorization to the Queen of Cheliax and that is something difficult to visualize going at all well.

At the same time, Asmodia is currently rocking rather a lot of Wisdom and has spent rather a lot of time visualizing alterAsmodia in her head.  AlterAsmodia is awed but opportunistic, not frozen, not terrified.

And if this is a test of anything, or a lesson in anything, that thing is obviously to stop fucking freezing up while scared the way half of Project Lawful does every time Keltham says something that implies the Project might fail sometime in the next minute.

RealAsmodia is frozen and trying not to think dangerous thoughts, and in her absence she makes the decision to let alterAsmodia talk.

"Pilar, Ione, I think you probably have the most interesting things to talk about with the Most High so you two get to sit next to her.  Meritxell, Queen's right, myself, Queen's left, Tonia, you're privileged to sit next to Sevar. Gregoria, by Subirachs.  Peranza, between Gregoria and myself."

AlterAsmodia is suicidal, apparently.

...No.  There were not, in fact, better options, considering that it's not a good look for the whole Project if everyone tries to avoid sitting next to the Queen and scrambles for the one seat that would have other girls to either side.

And if the Project looks bad, then Sevar's heretical low-punishment regimen looks weak and ineffective.

There's seven empty chairs about the table, so exactly as many as remaining Project Lawful members.  Sevar, Subirachs, and Maillol are all seated next to each other in a cluster, the Queen and Aspexia Rugatonn each have two empty chairs apiece to either side of them.

There's a cold terror in her, if the Queen is running Detect Thoughts then she is not getting out of here without showing Gorthoklek's authorization to the Queen of Cheliax and that is something difficult to visualize going at all well.

At the same time, Asmodia is currently rocking serious Wisdom and has spent much time visualizing alterAsmodia in her head.  AlterAsmodia is awed but opportunistic, not frozen, not terrified.

And if this is a test of anything, or a lesson in anything, that thing is to stop fucking freezing up while scared the way half of Project Lawful does every time Keltham says something that implies the Project might fail sometime in the next minute.

RealAsmodia is frozen and trying not to think dangerous thoughts, and in her own absence she makes the decision to let alterAsmodia talk.

"Pilar, Ione, I think you probably have the most interesting things to talk about with the Most High so you two get to sit next to her.  Meritxell, Queen's right, myself, Queen's left, Tonia, you're privileged to sit next to Sevar. Gregoria, by Subirachs.  Peranza, between Gregoria and myself."

AlterAsmodia is suicidal, apparently.

...No.  There were not, in fact, better options, considering that it's not a good look for the whole Project if everyone tries to avoid sitting next to the Queen and scrambles for the one seat that would have other girls to either side.

If the Project looks bad, Sevar's heretical low-punishment regimen looks weak and ineffective.

There's seven empty chairs about the table, so exactly as many as remaining Project Lawful members.  Sevar, Maillol, and Subirachs are all seated next to each other in a cluster, the Queen and Aspexia Rugatonn each have two empty chairs apiece to either side of them.  It leaves exactly one seat for a Project Lawful member to sit where she won't have anyone dangerous to either side of herself.

There's a cold terror in her, if the Queen is running Detect Thoughts then she is not getting out of here without showing Gorthoklek's authorization to the Queen of Cheliax and that is something difficult to visualize going at all well.

At the same time, Asmodia is currently rocking serious Wisdom and has spent much time visualizing alterAsmodia in her head.  AlterAsmodia is awed but opportunistic, not frozen, not terrified.

And if this is a test of anything, or a lesson in anything, that thing is to stop fucking freezing up while scared the way half of Project Lawful does every time Keltham says something that implies the Project might fail sometime in the next minute.

RealAsmodia is frozen and trying not to think dangerous thoughts, and in her own absence she makes the decision to let alterAsmodia talk.

"Pilar, Ione, I think you probably have the most interesting things to talk about with the Most High so you two get to sit next to her.  Meritxell, Queen's right, myself, Queen's left.  Tonia, you're privileged to sit next to Sevar. Gregoria, by Subirachs.  Peranza, between Gregoria and myself."

AlterAsmodia is suicidal, apparently.

...No.  There were not, in fact, better options, considering that it's not a good look for the whole Project if everyone tries to avoid sitting next to the Queen and scrambles for the one seat that would have other girls to either side.

If the Project looks bad, Sevar's heretical low-punishment regimen looks weak and ineffective.

There's seven empty chairs about the table, so exactly as many as remaining Project Lawful members.  Sevar, Maillol, and Subirachs are all seated next to each other in a cluster, the Queen and Aspexia Rugatonn each have two empty chairs apiece to either side of them.  It leaves exactly one seat for a Project Lawful member to sit where she won't have anyone dangerous to either side of herself.

There's a cold terror in her, if the Queen is running Detect Thoughts then she is not getting out of here without showing Gorthoklek's authorization to the Queen of Cheliax and that is something difficult to visualize going at all well.

At the same time, Asmodia is currently rocking serious Wisdom and has spent much time visualizing alterAsmodia in her head.  AlterAsmodia is awed but opportunistic, not frozen, not terrified.

And if this is a test of anything, or a lesson in anything, that thing is to stop fucking freezing up while scared the way half of Project Lawful does every time Keltham says something that implies the Project might fail sometime in the next minute.

RealAsmodia is frozen and trying not to think dangerous thoughts, and in her own absence she makes the decision to let alterAsmodia talk.

"Pilar, Ione, I think you probably have the most interesting things to talk about with the Most High so you two get to sit next to her.  Meritxell, Queen's right, myself, Queen's left.  Tonia, you're privileged to sit next to Sevar. Gregoria, by Subirachs.  Peranza, between Gregoria and myself."

AlterAsmodia is suicidal, apparently.

...No.  There were not, in fact, better options, considering that it's not a good look for the whole Project if everyone tries to avoid sitting next to the Queen and scrambles for the one seat that would have other girls to either side.

If the Project looks weak, Sevar's heretical low-punishment regimen looks ineffective.