...which is much more terrible news than it looks like, for keeping Merrin cooperative.  Now Cheliax is going to have to figure out something to do all about all the books that Merrin will be able to read, and quite reasonably expect to be delivered to her on request, as soon as she prays for a Comprehend Languages tomorrow.

Abrogail is currently attempting to think quickly and creatively about how to avoid this blowing up their whole operation.  Send to Hell again and beg Erecura not to grant her new cleric Comprehend Languages?  Hope that Erecura works out why not to grant that spell?  Tell Merrin it's not 1st-circle?  Abrogail doesn't want to rely on Erecura knowing that much, caring that much, even if Hell can get a message to Her in time...

...which is much more terrible news than it looks like, for keeping Merrin cooperative.  Now Cheliax is going to have to figure out something to do all about all the books that Merrin will be able to read, and quite reasonably expect to be delivered to her on request, as soon as she prays for a Comprehend Languages tomorrow.

Abrogail is currently attempting to think quickly and creatively about how to avoid this blowing up their whole operation.  Send to Hell again and beg Erecura not to grant her new cleric Comprehend Languages?  Hope that Erecura works out why not to grant that spell?  Tell Merrin it's not 1st-circle?  Abrogail doesn't want to rely on Erecura knowing that much, caring that much, even if Hell can get a message to Her in time...

(Not that Abrogail regrets her previous life choices.  Irori or Sarenrae would obviously have been a lot worse.)

...which is much more terrible news than her subordinates seem to have realized, for keeping Merrin cooperative.  Now Cheliax is going to have to figure out something to do all about all the books that Merrin will be able to read, and quite reasonably expect to be delivered to her on request, as soon as she prays for a Comprehend Languages tomorrow at dawn.

Abrogail is currently attempting to think quickly and creatively about how to avoid this blowing up their whole operation.  Send to Hell again and beg Erecura not to grant her new cleric Comprehend Languages?  Hope that Erecura works out why not to grant that spell?  Tell Merrin it's not 1st-circle?  Abrogail doesn't want to rely on Erecura knowing that much, caring that much, even if Hell can get a message to Her in time... what now, they can't possibly write as many books quickly enough as Merrin would expect to exist if they weren't being hidden from her...

(Not that Abrogail regrets her previous life choices about her cunning plan.  Irori or Sarenrae would obviously have been a lot worse.  But in retrospect she should've planned more around the chance that Merrin could be a cleric despite the antimagic shell, and maybe not shown Merrin so many books inside her room, implying that they can't claim books are incredibly expensive and all Cheliax doesn't have that many...)

...which is much more terrible news than her subordinates seem to have realized, for keeping Merrin cooperative.  Now Cheliax is going to have to figure out something to do about all the books that Merrin will be able to read, and quite reasonably expect to be delivered to her on request, as soon as she prays for a Comprehend Languages tomorrow at dawn.

Abrogail is currently attempting to think quickly and creatively about how to avoid this blowing up their whole operation.  Send to Hell again and beg Erecura not to grant her new cleric Comprehend Languages?  Hope that Erecura works out why not to grant that spell?  Tell Merrin it's not 1st-circle?  Abrogail doesn't want to rely on Erecura knowing that much, caring that much, even if Hell can get a message to Her in time... what now, they can't possibly write as many books quickly enough as Merrin would expect to exist if they weren't being hidden from her...

(Not that Abrogail regrets her previous life choices about her cunning plan.  Irori or Sarenrae would obviously have been a lot worse.  But in retrospect she should've planned more around the chance that Merrin could be a cleric despite the antimagic shell, and maybe not shown Merrin so many books inside her room, implying that they can't claim books are incredibly expensive and all Cheliax doesn't have that many...)