It's not particularly the answer Pilar was hoping to hear, though, in retrospect, it's obvious enough that dath ilan wasn't going to have an Asmodean-helpful answer there.  They would think that Pilar ought to be crystallizing all of her human wants into her utilityfunction, instead of simplifying it down like Sevar spoke of, to 'wanting to be a good slave to Asmodeus' and then to simply serving Asmodeus as the Most High does.

She also needs to warn Sevar, later, against exposing Keltham to facts that activate his Good impulses.  She can see, now, some of what the Chosen was talking about when she spoke of mortals being quivering slimes that flinch about in random directions; if they want to corrupt Keltham to Evil, they need to have him not thinking at all about children, or anything else for which he feels sympathy, for a long-enough period that his darker impulses have a chance to crystallize into a full-fledged Evil utility function.

"Are there any impulses on that list of 356 desires that dath ilan says to just cast out of yourself?" Pilar says.

She realizes only after speaking that she forgot to ask if alterPilar would have the same question.  AlterPilar could, obviously, but Asmodia is always sternly admonishing them all to ask what their alterselves would do, not could do.  You can rationalize anything as a possibility to yourself, it doesn't mean it'll fool Keltham about probabilities.

It's not particularly the answer Pilar was hoping to hear, though, in retrospect, it's obvious enough that dath ilan wasn't going to have an Asmodean-helpful answer there.  They would think that Pilar ought to be crystallizing all of her human wants into her utilityfunction, instead of simplifying it down like Sevar spoke of, to 'wanting to be a good slave to Asmodeus' and then to simply serving Asmodeus as the Most High does.

She also needs to warn Sevar, later, against exposing Keltham to facts that activate his Good impulses.  She can see, now, some of what the Chosen was talking about when she spoke of mortals being quivering slimes that flinch about in disorganized directions in response to their own fleeting thoughts.  If they want to corrupt Keltham to Evil, they need to have him not thinking at all about children, or anything else for which he feels sympathy, for a long-enough period that his darker impulses have a chance to crystallize into a full-fledged Evil utility function.

"Are there any impulses on that list of 356 desires that dath ilan says to just cast out of yourself?" Pilar says.

She realizes only after speaking that she forgot to ask if alterPilar would have the same question.  AlterPilar could, obviously, but Asmodia is always sternly admonishing them all to ask what their alterselves would do, not could do.  You can rationalize anything as a possibility to yourself, it doesn't mean it'll fool Keltham about probabilities.

It's not particularly the answer Pilar was hoping to hear, though, in retrospect, it's obvious enough that dath ilan wasn't going to have an Asmodean-helpful answer there.  They would think that Pilar ought to be crystallizing all of her human wants into her utilityfunction, instead of simplifying it down like Sevar spoke of, to 'wanting to be a good slave to Asmodeus' and then to simply serving Asmodeus as the Most High does.

She also needs to warn Sevar, later, against exposing Keltham to facts that activate his Good impulses.  She can see, now, some of what the Chosen was talking about when she spoke of mortals being quivering slimes that flinch about in disorganized directions in response to their own fleeting thoughts.  If they want to corrupt Keltham to Evil, they need to have him not thinking at all about children, or anything else for which he feels sympathy, for a long-enough period that his Evil impulses have a chance to crystallize unopposed into a full-fledged Evil utility function.

"Are there any impulses on that list of 356 desires that dath ilan says to just cast out of yourself?" Pilar says.

She realizes only after speaking that she forgot to ask if alterPilar would have the same question.  AlterPilar could, obviously, but Asmodia is always sternly admonishing them all to ask what their alterselves would do, not could do.  You can rationalize anything as a possibility to yourself, it doesn't mean it'll fool Keltham about probabilities.

It's not particularly the answer Pilar was hoping to hear, though, in retrospect, it's obvious enough that dath ilan wasn't going to have an Asmodean-helpful answer there.  They would think that Pilar ought to be crystallizing all of her human wants into her utilityfunction, instead of simplifying it down like Sevar spoke of, to 'wanting to be a good slave to Asmodeus' and then to simply serving Asmodeus as the Most High does.

She also needs to warn Sevar, later, against exposing Keltham to facts that activate his Good impulses.  She can see, now, some of what the Chosen was talking about when she spoke of mortals being quivering slimes that flinch about in disorganized directions in response to their own fleeting thoughts.  If they want to corrupt Keltham to Evil, they need to have him not thinking at all about children, or anything else for which he feels sympathy, for a long-enough period that his Evil impulses have a chance to crystallize unopposed into a full-fledged Evil utilityfunction.

"Are there any impulses on that list of 356 desires that dath ilan says to just cast out of yourself?" Pilar says.

She realizes only after speaking that she forgot to ask if alterPilar would have the same question.  AlterPilar could, obviously, but Asmodia is always sternly admonishing them all to ask what their alterselves would do, not could do.  You can rationalize anything as a possibility to yourself, it doesn't mean it'll fool Keltham about probabilities.