His expression does flicker, barely, when it's said that he was to be given exactly 144 children.

"I'd speak to Abrogail Thrune directly, with her words made meaningful by your prior assurance that you'll speak out if her thoughts contradict her spoken words.  Perhaps she'll have something unforeseen to say that implies I should not destroy Cheliax."

"There is a thresholded binary outcome here and it is not presently leaning favorable to you; you should seek to expose me to complicated unknowns that stand a chance of changing that outcome, if they are not foreseen to be negative, even if you cannot foresee their exact impacts.  If that goes against the grain of a devil who seeks predictable paths, we may negotiate whether you could bind a superior devil to the secrecy and information-nonuse conditions, and ask them for authorization."

His expression does flicker, barely, when it's said that he was to be given exactly 144 children.

"I'd speak to Abrogail Thrune directly, with her words made meaningful by your prior assurance that you'll speak out if her thoughts contradict her spoken words.  Perhaps she'll have something unforeseen to say that implies I should not destroy Cheliax."

"There is a thresholded binary outcome here and it is not presently leaning favorable to you; you should seek to expose me to complicated unknowns that stand a chance of changing that outcome, even if you cannot foresee their exact impacts, so long as they do not seem net negative in the presence of other unknowns.  If that goes against the grain of a devil who seeks predictable paths, we may negotiate whether you could bind a superior devil to the secrecy and information-nonuse conditions, and ask them for authorization."

His expression does flicker, barely, when it's said that he was to be given exactly 144 children.

"I'd speak to Abrogail Thrune directly, with her words made meaningful by your prior assurance that you'll speak out if her thoughts contradict her spoken words.  Perhaps she'll have something unforeseen to say that implies I should not destroy Cheliax."

"There is a thresholded binary outcome here and it is not presently leaning favorable to you; you should seek to expose me to complicated unknowns that stand a chance of changing that outcome, even if you cannot foresee their exact impacts, so long as they do not seem net negative in the presence of other unknown unknowns that might also save you.  If that goes against the grain of a devil who seeks predictable paths, we may negotiate whether you could bind a superior devil to the secrecy and information-nonuse conditions, and ask them for authorization."

His expression does flicker, barely, when it's said that he was to be given exactly 144 children.

"I'd speak to Abrogail Thrune directly, with her words made meaningful by your prior assurance that you'll speak out if her thoughts contradict her spoken words.  Perhaps she'll have something unforeseen to say that implies I should not destroy Cheliax."

"There is a thresholded binary outcome here and it is not presently leaning favorable to you; you should seek to expose me to complicated unknowns that stand a chance of changing that outcome, even if you cannot foresee their exact impacts, so long as they do not seem net negative in the presence of other unknown unknowns that might also save you.  If that goes against the grain of a devil who seeks predictable paths, we may negotiate whether you could bind a superior devil to the secrecy and information-nonuse conditions, and ask them for authorization; this is not the right time for the crippled way that the lesser ranks of Hell deal with uncertainty."

His expression does flicker, barely, when it's said that he was to be given exactly 144 children.

"I'd speak to Abrogail Thrune directly, with her words made meaningful by your prior assurance that you'll speak out if her thoughts contradict her spoken words.  Perhaps she'll have something unforeseen to say that implies I should not destroy Cheliax."

"There is a thresholded binary outcome here and it is not presently leaning favorable to you; you should seek to expose me to complicated unknowns that stand a chance of changing that outcome, even if you cannot foresee their exact impacts, so long as they do not seem net negative in the presence of other unknown unknowns that might also save you.  If that goes against the grain of a devil who seeks predictable paths, we may negotiate whether you could bind a superior devil to the secrecy and information-nonuse conditions, and ask them for authorization; this is not the right time for the narrowly-thinking way that the lesser ranks of Hell deal with uncertainty."