"I think you are missing an important point about what Asmodeus might be trying to accomplish in the average and typical case of a worshipper subject to Him, because, in fact, you are not ordinary in how you yourself relate to being tortured."
"For most mortals in Golarion, Sevar, the way torture works is that they don't want to be tortured, so by torturing them if they do a thing, we ensure that they do not do it, or if we torture them in all cases but one, we force them to that exact path, and even, we can torture them unless some particular outcome eventuates and force them to try with such intelligence as is in them to find means to that outcome."
"I will pause in case you have questions already about this seemingly unfamiliar concept."