"If it seemed to you like other people were very competent, you'd be too weak yourself to get promoted to being the leader of a project like this one. Asmodeus probably has the same kinds of complaints about His own archdevils. I think that's part of what makes Asmodeanism a natural way to run societies, to the point where even Lawful good societies have to appoint captains of soldiers and managers of companies and give them command powers over subordinates they're pretending aren't slaves."
"And yeah, that suggestion makes sense, though I expect Pilar suggested it at least in part to prove that she was still a good Asmodeanism and capable of cruelty that served our Lord. It's a worrying sign that she felt the need to prove it, but that's better than her not being able to prove it."