"Sevar was not making progress along that dimension, herself.  Sevar was putting off the tortures required for herself, declining to inflict tortures on others.  Not from strategic calculation, not even from heretical kindness; she forebore to advise Subirachs when Subirachs was selecting instruments for Keltham to use on her, and paid some small price for that.  Then, having failed to learn her lesson, Sevar again failed to suggest any alternative specifics to Subirachs when Subirachs requested those and told her that her punishment would be otherwise worsened.  I expect Subirachs was justifiably frustrated by Sevar at that point; the sort of frustration of one's expiator that a penitent ought properly to regret -"

"Sevar was not making progress in learning that, herself.  Sevar was putting off the tortures required for herself, declining to inflict tortures on others.  Not from strategic calculation, not even from heretical kindness; she forebore to advise Subirachs when Subirachs was selecting instruments for Keltham to use on her, and paid some small price for that.  Then, having failed to learn her lesson, Sevar again failed to suggest any alternative specifics to Subirachs when Subirachs requested those and told her that her punishment would be otherwise worsened.  I expect Subirachs was justifiably frustrated by Sevar at that point; the sort of frustration of one's expiator that a penitent ought properly to regret -"

"Sevar was not making progress in learning that art herself.  Sevar was putting off the tortures required for herself, declining to inflict tortures on others.  Not from strategic calculation, not even from heretical kindness; she forebore to advise Subirachs when Subirachs was selecting instruments for Keltham to use on her, and paid some small price for that.  Then, having failed to learn her lesson, Sevar again failed to suggest any alternative specifics to Subirachs when Subirachs requested those and told her that her punishment would be otherwise worsened.  I expect Subirachs was justifiably frustrated by Sevar at that point; the sort of frustration of one's expiator that a penitent ought properly to regret -"

"Sevar was not making progress in learning that art herself.  Sevar was putting off the tortures required for herself, declining to inflict tortures on others.  Not from selfish calculation, not even from heretical kindness; she forebore to advise Subirachs when Subirachs was selecting instruments for Keltham to use on her, and paid some small price for that.  Then, having failed to learn her lesson, Sevar again failed to suggest any alternative specifics to Subirachs when Subirachs requested those and told her that her punishment would be otherwise worsened.  I expect Subirachs was justifiably frustrated by Sevar at that point; the sort of frustration of one's expiator that a penitent ought properly to regret -"