Well then, he'll take out an absurdly expensive magic mirror - still without radiating any magic, unless somebody is looking absurdly hard - and exchange a few words.

"My employer, Keltham, says that he does not mind if you question Carissa Sevar about Chelish war preparations for a short time, if she's amenable.  He understands if you do not want to rely entirely on his own intentions to destroy Cheliax if they attempt that."

"As for the other part, Keltham does bid you be told this:  He's not, particularly, offering to buy Carissa Sevar from you, unless she's given herself to you as a slave, with intent to be sold on to him at some absurd price.  Which, knowing her, he hasn't actually ruled out, he says.  But otherwise he's assuming that Carissa Sevar came to Osirion thinking that Keltham was there, intending to meet him.  If Carissa Sevar does not say otherwise, then Keltham considers her to be an important noble and official of his potentially-adversarial government, that went to Osirion thinking to meet him."

"He is willing to pay tenfold a reasonable amount for any trouble you went to, or consider other favors."

Well then, he'll take out an absurdly expensive magic mirror - still without radiating any magic, unless somebody is looking quite hard - and exchange a few words.

"My employer, Keltham, says that he does not mind if you question Carissa Sevar about Chelish war preparations for a short time, if she's amenable.  He understands if you do not want to rely entirely on his own intentions to destroy Cheliax if they attempt that."

"As for the other part, Keltham does bid you be told this:  He's not, particularly, offering to buy Carissa Sevar from you, unless she's given herself to you as a slave, with intent to be sold on to him at some absurd price.  Which, knowing her, he hasn't actually ruled out, he says.  But otherwise he's assuming that Carissa Sevar came to Osirion thinking that Keltham was there, intending to meet him.  If Carissa Sevar does not say otherwise, then Keltham considers her to be an important noble and official of his potentially-adversarial government, that went to Osirion thinking to meet him."

"He is willing to pay tenfold a reasonable amount for any trouble you went to, or consider other favors."

Well then, he'll take out an absurdly expensive magic mirror - still without radiating any magic, unless somebody is looking quite hard - and exchange a few words.

"My employer, Keltham, says that he does not mind if you question Carissa Sevar about Chelish war preparations for a short time, if she's amenable.  He understands if you do not want to rely entirely on his own intentions to destroy Cheliax if they attempt that."

"As for the other part, Keltham does bid you be told this:  He's not, particularly, offering to buy Carissa Sevar from you, unless she's given herself to you as a slave, with intent to be sold on to him at some absurd price.  Which, knowing her, he hasn't actually ruled out, he says.  But otherwise he's assuming that Carissa Sevar came to Osirion thinking that Keltham was there.  If Carissa Sevar does not say otherwise, then Keltham considers her to be an important noble and official of his potentially-adversarial government, that went to Osirion thinking to meet him."

"He is willing to pay tenfold a reasonable amount for any trouble you went to, or consider other favors."

Well then, he'll take out an absurdly expensive magic mirror - still without radiating any magic, unless somebody is looking quite hard - and exchange a few words.

"My employer, Keltham, says that he does not mind if you question Carissa Sevar about Chelish war preparations for a short time, if she's amenable.  He understands if you do not want to rely entirely on his own intentions to destroy Cheliax if they attempt that.  If you are also checking Sevar for compulsions, truthspelling her about Chelish plots, and the like, he requests to be told any results so as to avoid duplicated inconvenience to her."

"As for the other part, Keltham does bid you be told this:  He's not, particularly, offering to buy Carissa Sevar from you, unless she's given herself to you as a slave, with intent to be sold on to him at some absurd price.  Which, knowing her, he hasn't actually ruled out, he says.  But otherwise he's assuming that Carissa Sevar came to Osirion thinking that Keltham was there.  If Carissa Sevar does not say otherwise, then Keltham considers her to be an important noble and official of his potentially-adversarial government, that went to Osirion thinking to meet him."

"He is willing to pay tenfold a reasonable amount for any trouble you went to, or consider other favors."