Aren't Atonements... incredibly expensive? That's what Poet Rosselló said, anyways, that they should rely on good deeds rather than spells to save them. (Most of them hadn't even known they existed at all, until the Poet mentioned it.)

Good, they're already familiar with the general concept. Most people in villages that haven't heard of them don't trust the idea, and none of his spells are nearly as profitable as the prospect of escaping Hell.

The Poet was a Shelynite, correct? Of course it would be expensive if he was the one casting it. Shelyn is Neutral Good, and most of Cheliax is Lawful Evil; to go from Lawful Evil to Neutral Good in a single hour is a difficult thing, even for a god. But Abadar is Lawful Neutral, and rendering someone worthy of His realm in Axis is far easier.

Carme wants to know why he's wearing a key. She always thought Abadarans had the criss-crossed lines. Is he sure he's an Abadaran.

Sebastià thinks she's an idiot. The Poet explained that part, lots of gods have multiple symbols, the lines are popular in Osirion but not everywhere. The lines are kind of ugly anyway.

Carme is grudgingly willing to concede that he's right but he doesn't have to be so stuck-up about it. 

Sebastià thinks he's entirely right to be "stuck-up" about it.

Carles doesn't think she's being unreasonable. It's understandable to want to check, after Asmodeus left them all so mistrustful, and it's hardly her fault she doesn't have every symbol of every god memorized — though of course, it speaks well of Sebastià that he was paying such close attention to the Poet.

...Can he do the thing where he heals everyone? The Good priests can do that. It's pretty great. They'd pay a lot for it.

Carles winces. He's a Neutral priest, see, and there are Neutral priests that can do healing, but Abadar gives His priests whatever sells best, and channeling negative is very profitable for mercenaries. He regrets the inconvenience to them, but not very much, he made a living for years selling negative channels.

Carme thinks that sounds kind of suspicious.

He understands her misgivings and doesn't fault her for them. If she'd prefer to redeem herself from a lifetime of service to Hell with good deeds, Abadar would never tell her to purchase something she doesn't actually want.

Why does Abadar even care if they go to Hell?

Abadar would rather they go to His realm in Axis! The more people are in His realm, the richer his city will be. ...Also, it makes Him happy when His priests sell people things they want. Many of his priests got their start as merchants, and it's not that Abadar inherently cares about silks or spices or furs, but he rejoices to see coin exchange hands.

...Yeah, speaking of that, how much is he charging?

It depends on the person. The materials for the spell are more expensive the more Evil Abadar needs to cleanse them of, though regardless it'll be nowhere near as expensive as it would be for a priest of Shelyn to bring them all to Neutral Good. He's happy to do an initial consultation for a much smaller fee, where they describe to him the sorts of Evil they've done and he'll estimate how much it'll cost them. (He's willing to take responsibility for the difference if he ends up requiring more materials than he expected, so long as they don't intentionally deceive him about their history.)

The people of Siurana are still not totally sure about this whole Atonement business. 

If they would rather purchase other services from him, he's also happy to sell clean water and Mending much more cheaply, since he can do those as many times as he wants. He's planning to stay about a week, though he might leave early if there's not much interest in his services, or linger if they're selling especially well.

Some of them will purchase those services from him, then. (Does he do laundry? The baron had their laundry wizard executed for promoting diabolism. To be fair he was in fact promoting diabolism, he was their schoolteacher, but it would be nice if they had someone else to do the laundry.)

Priests don't get the laundry-spell, unfortunately.

Carme thinks this is suspicious.

Everyone else thinks this is completely reasonable. The fields-priest and the sword-priest and the Poet couldn't cast the laundry spell either.

He sells the first casting for much less than he normally charges. Word spreads quickly, in this sort of village. Once someone's in the door for a consultation they're much less likely to just back out of it, and the easiest way to get them through the door is to make them think it won't be all that pricey. 

(And, of course, once people have heard how much he charged her, no one will want to admit he charged them much more, not when it would suggest their misdeeds are so much worse than hers.)

Penèlope doesn't really trust him. Even having heard it from the Poet, it feels absurd to think that a spell could have anything to do with how Pharasma judges your past.

But it feels even more absurd to think that a life of ordinary vague kindness could make up for everything she's done.

One of her friends pays for an Atonement, and she tells Penèlope afterwards that she could feel the weight of everything she'd done being lifted from her shoulders.

Penèlope is still not really sure she trusts him, but if there's even a chance it'll save her from Hell, it's worth it.

"Here for a consultation, I presume? It's a pleasure to meet you. Go on, have a seat, make yourself comfortable."

She sits down. Hands over the consulting fee. Tries to shake off the feeling that he'll hear everything she's done and decide that Abadar could never possibly want someone like her.

He smiles gently at her. "I'm afraid I haven't caught your name yet."