There is a wordless part of Esta that calculates what is advantageous for him to believe, about what aspects of himself make him a good priest of Asmodeus.

For Esta as a 1st-circle, the most advantageous thing for him was to believe that he had the potential to excel at every Asmodean dimension, to study all Asmodeus's concerns with INT 16, and with WIS 18 shape his thoughts to the correct thoughts to have in every way.  It was advantageous for Esta to believe about himself that at least on a merely mortal scale, he was proper in every way, deficient in none.

At 4th, it was advantageous for Esta to believe he was the sort of exemplar priest who would not be relegated to a mere Church specialist in some particular Asmodean concern.  At 6th, it was advantageous for Esta to consider himself as someone who'd be seen as a candidate to become the next Most High and overseer of all the faith.

Now, for the first time in his life, that wordless part of himself has calculated that there would be an advantage in Esta knowing what was actually true about Esta's Asmodeanism, so that Esta could better comport himself in prayer to be seen by Asmodeus across some great distance.

There is a wordless part of Esta that calculates what is advantageous for him to believe, about what aspects of himself make him a good priest of Asmodeus.

For Esta immediately after he was Chosen, as a 1st-circle, the most advantageous thing for him was to believe that he had the potential to excel at every Asmodean dimension, to study all Asmodeus's concerns with INT 16, and with WIS 18 shape his thoughts to the correct thoughts to have in every way.  It was advantageous for Esta to believe about himself that at least on a merely mortal scale, he was proper in every way, deficient in none.

At 4th, it was advantageous for Esta to believe he was the sort of exemplar priest who would not be relegated to a mere Church specialist in some particular Asmodean concern.  At 6th, it was advantageous for Esta to consider himself as someone who'd be seen as a candidate to become the next Most High and overseer of all the faith.

Now, for the first time in his life, that wordless part of himself has calculated that there would be an advantage in Esta knowing what was actually true about Esta's Asmodeanism, so that Esta could better comport himself in prayer to be seen by Asmodeus across some great distance.

There is a wordless part of Esta that calculates what is advantageous for him to believe, about what aspects of himself make him a good priest of Asmodeus.

For Esta immediately after he was Chosen, as a 1st-circle, the most advantageous thing for him was to believe that he had the potential to excel at every Asmodean dimension, to study all Asmodeus's concerns with INT 16, and with WIS 18 shape his thoughts to the correct thoughts to have in every way.  It was advantageous for Esta to believe about himself that at least on a merely mortal scale, he was proper in every way, deficient in none.

At 4th, it was advantageous for Esta to believe he was the sort of exemplar priest who would not be relegated to a mere Church specialist in some particular Asmodean concern.

At 6th, it was advantageous for Esta to consider himself as someone who'd be seen as a candidate to become the next Most High and overseer of all the faith.

Now on an alien planet, for the first time in his life, that wordless part of himself has calculated that there would be an advantage in Esta knowing what was actually true about Esta's Asmodeanism, so that Esta could better comport himself in prayer to be seen by Asmodeus across some great distance.