Dou-Bral, who previously preferred not to kill Himself, did not prefer to kill Himself after He became Zon-Kuthon.  Why not?  Because the new version of Himself could now do things that pleased His new sensibilities.

Perhaps altered-Mariona and remembered-Esta -- Estha, she called him upon his awakening, and Tongues agrees that 'Esta' does not sound right in her new language -- perhaps those two did other things, that they both preferred.

That possibility does seem to quiet whatever his mind was trying to yell at him, the discordant intuition... yes.  Esta would not have expected Mariona to stab him in the back on a moment's inattention unless she could thereby take his place or gain some great benefit to herself; and honestly Esta would not have expected Mariona to do it even then but that is because Mariona is silly.  The point is, she did not like the pain and the sex that he inflicted on her, and she did enjoy the benefits of his mentorship.

This version of Mariona, then, probably likes being hurt by him and having sex with him, and dislikes him assisting her career, and so Chaotic Good Estha has been having sex with her and torturing her but not promoting her to command of Worldwound fortresses.

...Esta has a feeling that he has not fully sorted out the key ideas, here.  He doesn't think Caydenites or Desnans torture each other for fun?  But then this is Dark Tapestry inversion and not just moving around the alignment chart.  Zon Kuthon is strange for Lawful Evil, because most Lawful Evil proceeds from vastly more sensible foundations than 'do the opposite of whatever Chaotic Good would do'.

Dou-Bral, who previously preferred not to kill Himself, did not prefer to kill Himself after He became Zon-Kuthon.  Why not?  Because the new version of Himself could now do things that pleased His new sensibilities.

Perhaps altered-Mariona and remembered-Esta -- Estha, she called him upon his awakening, and Tongues agrees that 'Esta' does not sound right in her new language -- perhaps those two did other things.  That Estha preferred -- no, that she preferred.

That possibility does seem to quiet whatever his mind was trying to yell at him, the discordant intuition... yes.  Esta would not have expected Mariona to stab him in the back on a moment's inattention unless she could thereby take his place or gain some great benefit to herself; and honestly Esta would not have expected Mariona to do it even then but that is because Mariona is silly.  The point is, she did not like the pain and the sex that he inflicted on her, and she did enjoy the benefits of his mentorship.

This version of Mariona, then, probably likes being hurt by him and having sex with him, and dislikes him assisting her career, and so Chaotic Good Estha has been having sex with her and torturing her but not promoting her to command of Worldwound fortresses.

...Esta has a feeling that he has not fully sorted out the key ideas, here.  He doesn't think Caydenites or Desnans torture each other for fun?  But then this is Dark Tapestry inversion and not just moving around the alignment chart.  Zon Kuthon is strange for Lawful Evil, because most Lawful Evil proceeds from vastly more sensible foundations than 'do the opposite of whatever Chaotic Good would do'.

Dou-Bral, who previously preferred not to kill Himself, did not prefer to kill Himself after He became Zon-Kuthon.  Why not?  Because the new version of Himself could now do things that pleased His new sensibilities.

Perhaps altered-Mariona and remembered-Esta -- Estha, she called him upon his awakening, and Tongues agrees that 'Esta' does not sound right in her new language -- perhaps those two did other things.  That Estha preferred -- no, that she preferred.

That possibility does seem to quiet whatever his mind was trying to yell at him, the discordant intuition... yes.  Esta would not have expected Mariona to stab him in the back on a moment's inattention unless she could thereby take his place or gain some great benefit to herself; and honestly Esta would not have expected Mariona to do it even then, but that is because Mariona is silly.  The point is, she did not like the pain and the sex that he inflicted on her, and she did enjoy the benefits of his mentorship.

This version of Mariona, then, probably likes being hurt by him and having sex with him, and dislikes him assisting her career, and so Chaotic Good Estha has been having sex with her and torturing her but not promoting her to command of Worldwound fortresses.

...Esta has a feeling that he has not fully sorted out the key ideas, here.  He doesn't think Caydenites or Desnans torture each other for fun?  But then this is Dark Tapestry inversion and not just moving around the alignment chart.  Zon Kuthon is strange for Lawful Evil, because most Lawful Evil proceeds from vastly more sensible foundations than 'do the opposite of whatever Chaotic Good would do'.

Dou-Bral, who previously preferred not to kill Himself, did not prefer to kill Himself after He became Zon-Kuthon.  Why not?  Because the new version of Himself could now do things that pleased His new sensibilities.

Perhaps altered-Mariona and remembered-Esta -- Estha, she called him upon his awakening, and Tongues agrees that 'Esta' does not sound right in her new language -- perhaps those two did other things together.  That Estha preferred -- no, that she preferred.

That possibility does seem to quiet whatever his mind was trying to yell at him, the discordant intuition... yes.  Esta would not have expected Mariona to stab him in the back on a moment's inattention unless she could thereby take his place or gain some great benefit to herself; and honestly Esta would not have expected Mariona to do it even then, but that is because Mariona is silly.  The point is, she did not like the pain and the sex that he inflicted on her, and she did enjoy the benefits of his mentorship.

This version of Mariona, then, probably likes being hurt by him and having sex with him, and dislikes him assisting her career, and so Chaotic Good Estha has been having sex with her and torturing her but not promoting her to command of Worldwound fortresses.

...Esta has a feeling that he has not fully sorted out the key ideas, here.  He doesn't think Caydenites or Desnans torture each other for fun?  But then this is Dark Tapestry inversion and not just moving around the alignment chart.  Zon Kuthon is strange for Lawful Evil, because most Lawful Evil proceeds from vastly more sensible foundations than 'do the opposite of whatever Chaotic Good would do'.