"Your efforts are incomplete.  It's been less than three weeks since Hell instructed you.  You are serving Asmodeus well in this world and being raised high within it.  Keltham must be contained now, he must be corrupted on a time limit.  If I thought you were wrong to prioritize the first line of your instructions, I would have advised you to take some time off your long nights and find somebody you hated enough to enjoy experimenting on, keeping in mind that you could name nearly anyone short of a Count and the Crown would wrap them up and hand them over.  But if you're really a good Asmodean, and I'm starting to think that you are, then you have relatively more time in which to do such things - is my possibly foolish thought.  You should not dally on any of Hell's instructions but you are allowed to prioritize them."

"Your efforts may possibly be inadequate as well as incomplete, but it's not obvious to me that they are.  They're clearly imperfect, but then, you're not Irori, and won't succeed in perfecting yourself without divine aid.  You are, apparently, the sort of slave that needs to remember that and not think otherwise."

"There's a difference between knowing that you're falling short of perfection, and that this is worthy of some punishment even in a good slave, and failing to recognize the progress you've made as something that possibly makes you not a bad slave who might not be judged worthy of severe punishment.  That judgment lies in the hand of your superior, to be clear, it is not your place to decide that you are doing not too badly.  But you didn't leave that judgment to me, you called yourself inadequate.  That was wrong of you, by the way."

Jacint slaps the Chosen hard enough to hurt, but not very much compared to being lit on fire; slaps don't do that.  "There.  You've been punished."

"Your efforts are incomplete.  It's been less than three weeks since Hell instructed you.  You are serving Asmodeus well in this world and being raised high within it.  Keltham must be contained now, he must be corrupted on a time limit.  If I thought you were wrong to prioritize the first line of your instructions, I would have advised you to take some time off your long nights and find somebody you hated enough to enjoy experimenting on, keeping in mind that you could name nearly anyone short of a Count and the Crown would wrap them up and hand them over.  But if you're really a good Asmodean, and I'm starting to think that you are, then you have relatively more time in which to do such things - is my own possibly foolish thought.  You should not dally on any of Hell's instructions but you are allowed to prioritize them."

"Your efforts may possibly be inadequate as well as incomplete, but it's not obvious to me that they are.  They're clearly imperfect, but then, you're not Irori, and won't succeed in perfecting yourself without divine aid.  You are, apparently, the sort of slave that needs to remember that and not think otherwise."

"There's a difference between knowing that you're falling short of perfection, and that this is worthy of some punishment even in a good slave, and failing to recognize the progress you've made as something that possibly makes you not a bad slave who might not be judged worthy of severe punishment.  That judgment lies in the hand of your superior, to be clear, it is not your place to decide that you are doing not too badly.  But you didn't leave that judgment to me, you called yourself inadequate.  That was wrong of you, by the way."

Jacint slaps the Chosen hard enough to hurt, but not very much compared to being lit on fire; slaps don't do that.  "There.  You've been punished."

"Your efforts are incomplete.  It's been less than three weeks since Hell instructed you.  You are serving Asmodeus well in this world and being raised high within it.  Keltham must be contained now, he must be corrupted on a time limit.  If I thought you were wrong to prioritize the first line of your instructions, I would have advised you to take some time off your long nights and find somebody you hated enough to enjoy experimenting on, keeping in mind that you could name nearly anyone short of a Count and the Crown would wrap them up and hand them over.  But if you're really a good Asmodean, and I'm starting to think that you are, then you have relatively more time in which to do such things - is my own possibly foolish thought.  You should not pass up obvious opportunities to make progress, for you should not dally on any of Hell's instructions, but you are allowed to prioritize."

"Your efforts may possibly be inadequate as well as incomplete, but it's not obvious to me that they are.  They're clearly imperfect, but then, you're not Irori, and won't succeed in perfecting yourself without divine aid.  You are, apparently, the sort of slave that needs to remember that and not think otherwise."

"There's a difference between knowing that you're falling short of perfection, and that this is worthy of some punishment even in a good slave, and failing to recognize the progress you've made as something that possibly makes you not a bad slave who might not be judged worthy of severe punishment.  That judgment lies in the hand of your superior, to be clear, it is not your place to decide that you are doing not too badly.  But you didn't leave that judgment to me, you called yourself inadequate.  That was wrong of you, by the way."

Jacint slaps the Chosen hard enough to hurt, but not very much compared to being lit on fire; slaps don't do that.  "There.  You've been punished."

"Your efforts are incomplete.  It's been less than three weeks since Hell instructed you.  You are serving Asmodeus well in this world and being raised high within it.  Keltham must be contained now, he must be corrupted on a time limit.  If I thought you were wrong to prioritize the first line of your instructions, I would have advised you to take some time off your long nights and find somebody you hated enough to enjoy experimenting on, keeping in mind that you could name nearly anyone short of a Count and the Crown would wrap them up and hand them over.  But if you're really a good Asmodean, and I'm starting to think that you are, then you have relatively more time in which to do such things - is my own possibly foolish thought.  You should not pass up obvious opportunities to make progress, for you should not dally on any of Hell's instructions, but you are allowed to prioritize."

"Your efforts may possibly be inadequate as well as incomplete, but it's not obvious to me that they are.  They're clearly imperfect, but then, you're not Irori, and won't succeed in perfecting yourself without divine aid.  You are, apparently, the sort of slave that needs to remember that and not think otherwise."

"There's a difference between knowing that you're falling short of perfection, aa is worthy of some punishment even in a good slave, and failing to recognize the progress you've made as possibly making you not a bad slave, who might not be judged worthy of severe punishment.  That judgment lies in the hand of your superior, to be clear, it is not your place to decide that you are doing not too badly.  But you didn't leave that judgment to me, you called yourself inadequate.  That was wrong of you, by the way."

Jacint slaps the Chosen hard enough to hurt, but not very much compared to being lit on fire; slaps don't do that.  "There.  You've been punished."

"Your efforts are incomplete.  It's been less than three weeks since Hell instructed you.  You are serving Asmodeus well in this world and being raised high within it.  Keltham must be contained now, he must be corrupted on a time limit.  If I thought you were wrong to prioritize the first line of your instructions, I would have advised you to take some time off your long nights and find somebody you hated enough to enjoy experimenting on, keeping in mind that you could name nearly anyone short of a Count and the Crown would wrap them up and hand them over.  But if you're really a good Asmodean, and I'm starting to think that you are, then you have relatively more time in which to do such things - is my own possibly foolish thought.  You should not pass up obvious opportunities to make progress, for you should not dally on any of Hell's instructions, but you are allowed to prioritize."

"Your efforts may possibly be inadequate as well as incomplete, but it's not obvious to me that they are.  They're clearly imperfect, but then, you're not Irori, and won't succeed in perfecting yourself without divine aid.  You are, apparently, the sort of slave that needs to remember that and not think otherwise."

"There's a difference between knowing that you're falling short of perfection, as is worthy of some punishment even in a good slave, and failing to recognize the progress you've made as possibly making you not a bad slave, who might not be judged worthy of severe punishment.  That judgment lies in the hand of your superior, to be clear, it is not your place to decide that you are doing not too badly.  But you didn't leave that judgment to me, you called yourself inadequate.  That was wrong of you, by the way."

Jacint slaps the Chosen hard enough to hurt, but not very much compared to being lit on fire; slaps don't do that.  "There.  You've been punished."