"My first order of business will be to review your failure," Abrogail announces. "You may go about your own business until that's done, under Maillol's direction. The Project must now scale and expand beyond what it could have done while Keltham was still kept deceived, and your first orders of business will be to train wizards and apprentices in 'chemistry', and to prepare to train other Chelish ilani."
"Carissa. Aspexia. With me."
Everyone here looks terrified. It's not an excessive amount of fear for her purposes, so Abrogail Thrune will not be doing anything about it. They're fools to think that Project Lawful would now be ground into rubble when Cheliax needs it most, and disobedient fools for still thinking it after Abrogail Thrune told them what to believe. But it is good for Asmodeans to feel a little terror, now and then; whether their worst fears come to pass, or just their lesser fears, with their greater fears receiving mercy.
For a fact, Abrogail Thrune II has not decided yet what to do with them, and some terror under those circumstances can hardly be unjustified.