Sitting in front of a pile of Taldorian books, one of which she's reading, with the Chelish intelligence officer assigned to Project Lawful standing nearby.

(There isn't time for Asmodia to have read all of the books, in the 'has read' pile, but nobody will notice this fact.)

Sitting in front of a pile of Taldorian books, one of which she's reading, with the Chelish intelligence officer assigned to Project Lawful standing nearby.

(There isn't time for Asmodia to have read all of the books in the 'has read' pile, but nobody will notice this fact.)

Sitting in front of a pile of Taldorian books, one of which she's reading, with the Chelish intelligence officer assigned to Project Lawful standing nearby.

(There isn't time for Asmodia to have read all of the books in the 'has read' pile, but nobody will notice this fact.  Probably Carissa Sevar was just working on her glibness swords for a while!)