"So I know that having an enemy who hates you, and then they fall in love with you, and you get to wreck them for being so pathetic, is a Chelish romance novel pattern.  But do you think it'd be a dath ilani romance novel pattern?  Or maybe we're in - the kind of romance pattern that their Keepers get to read about, and Keltham only got to read the censored kind..."

"How about, if Keltham doesn't know, that you hate him, for a while.  I mean, that might be a good idea even for other reasons, but... definitely it's a good idea because we're still hiding the tropes from him..."

Asmodia is feeling sort of queasy, for some reason.

"The problem is, Sevar's going to think that would be incredibly important for her corruption plan, if there's some way to get Keltham to be into it.  She'll offer you anything you want, to go along with it, if it gets that far.  You could ask for your sister back and Sevar would make it happen in a heartbeat, but - Sevar's not actually going to take no for an answer, I don't think."

"At least nobody's going to try to nudge Keltham into that until after he's been raping Pilar for a while, I think you're safe until then, at least.  It's not a certain thing the corruption plan ever gets that far at all.  You might not even be one of the destined girls period."

I'm sorry.

People who seem to passionately hate you at first, and then fall in love with you, are also a trope in State-approved Chelish romance novels!  Of the sort that are safe lunchtime discussion topics in Ostenso wizard academy!

"So I know that having an enemy who hates you, and then they fall in love with you, and then you get to wreck them for being so pathetic, is a romance novel pattern.  But do you think it'd be a dath ilani romance novel pattern?  Or maybe we're in - the kind of romance pattern that their Keepers get to read about, and Keltham only got to read the censored kind..."

"How about, if Keltham doesn't know, that you hate him, for a while.  I mean, that might be a good idea even for other reasons, but... definitely it's a good idea because we're still hiding the tropes from him..."

Asmodia is feeling sort of queasy, for some reason.

"The problem is, Sevar's going to think that would be incredibly important for her corruption plan, if there's some way to get Keltham to be into it.  She'll offer you anything you want, to go along with it, if it gets that far.  You could ask for your sister back and Sevar would make it happen in a heartbeat, but - Sevar's not actually going to take no for an answer, I don't think."

"At least nobody's going to try to nudge Keltham into that until after he's been raping Pilar for a while, I think you're safe until then, at least.  It's not a certain thing the corruption plan ever gets that far at all.  You might not even be one of the destined girls period."

I'm sorry.

People who seem to passionately hate you at first, and then fall in love with you, are also a frequent plot development in State-approved Chelish romance novels!  Of the sort that are safe lunchtime discussion topics in Ostenso wizard academy when Paxti and Ione start going on about them!

"So I know that having an enemy who hates you, and then they fall in love with you, and then you get to wreck them for being so pathetic, is a romance novel pattern.  But do you think it'd be a dath ilani romance novel pattern?  Or maybe we're in - the kind of romance pattern that their Keepers get to read about, and Keltham only got to read the censored kind..."

"How about, if Keltham doesn't know, that you hate him, for a while.  I mean, that might be a good idea even for other reasons, but... definitely it's a good idea because we're still hiding the tropes from him..."

Asmodia is feeling sort of queasy, for some reason.

"The problem is, Sevar's going to think that would be incredibly important for her corruption plan, if there's some way to get Keltham to be into it.  She'll offer you anything you want, to go along with it, if it gets that far.  You could ask for your sister back and Sevar would make it happen in a heartbeat, but - Sevar's not actually going to take no for an answer, I don't think."

"At least nobody's going to try to nudge Keltham into that until after he's been raping Pilar for a while, I think you're safe until then, at least.  It's not a certain thing the corruption plan ever gets that far at all.  You might not even be one of the destined girls period."

I'm sorry.

People who seem to passionately hate you at first, and then fall in love with you, are also a frequent plot development in State-approved Chelish romance novels!  Of the sort that are safe lunchtime discussion topics in Ostenso wizard academy when Paxti and Ione start going on about them!

"So I know that having an enemy who hates you, and then they fall in love with you, and then you get to wreck them for being so pathetic, is a romance novel pattern.  But now that I think about it - do you think it'd be a dath ilani romance novel pattern?  Though maybe we're in - the kind of romance pattern that their Keepers get to read about, and Keltham only got to read the censored kind..."

"How about, if Keltham doesn't know, that you hate him, for a while.  I mean, that might be a good idea even for other reasons, but... definitely it's a good idea because we're still hiding the tropes from him..."

Asmodia is feeling sort of queasy, for some reason.

"The problem is, Sevar's going to think that would be incredibly important for her corruption plan, if there's some way to get Keltham to be into it.  She'll offer you anything you want, to go along with it, if it gets that far.  You could ask for your sister back and Sevar would make it happen in a heartbeat, but - Sevar's not actually going to take no for an answer, I don't think."

"At least nobody's going to try to nudge Keltham into that until after he's been raping Pilar for a while, I think you're safe until then, at least.  It's not a certain thing the corruption plan ever gets that far at all.  You might not even be one of the destined girls period."

I'm sorry.

People who seem to passionately hate you at first, and then fall in love with you, are also a frequent plot development in State-approved Chelish romance novels!  Of the sort that are safe lunchtime discussion topics in Ostenso wizard academy when Paxti and Ione start going on about them!

"So I know that having an enemy who hates you, and then they fall in love with you, and then you get to wreck them, is a romance novel pattern.  But now that I think about it - do you think it'd be a dath ilani romance novel pattern?  Though maybe we're in - the kind of romance pattern that their Keepers get to read about, and Keltham only got to read the censored kind..."

"How about, if Keltham doesn't know, that you hate him, for a while.  I mean, that might be a good idea even for other reasons, but... definitely it's a good idea because we're still hiding the tropes from him..."

Asmodia is feeling sort of queasy, for some reason.

"The problem is, Sevar's going to think that would be incredibly important for her corruption plan, if there's some way to get Keltham to be into it.  She'll offer you anything you want, to go along with it, if it gets that far.  You could ask for your sister back and Sevar would make it happen in a heartbeat, but - Sevar's not actually going to take no for an answer, I don't think."

"At least nobody's going to try to nudge Keltham into that until after he's been raping Pilar for a while, I think you're safe until then, at least.  It's not a certain thing the corruption plan ever gets that far at all.  You might not even be one of the destined girls period."

I'm sorry.