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Cultist Fernando Meets Justice
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Someone has clearly attempted to make this room seem welcoming, but "welcoming windowless room" is a bit of a constraint. Still, it has ample light from a Continual Flame, walls painted in light colors, and a reasonably comfortable chair. Down the middle of the room is a folding room divider, with images of the Summerlands painted onto it (though without the religious context, it might just look like a particularly idealized field). There's a small gap under the divider, but not enough to see more than the Select's feet.

"Good afternoon," says someone from the other side of the divider. "I am Select Lelia Lepori. Please make yourself comfortable."

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"Uh.  I've never done this before.  I just escaped from Cheliax..."

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"That's alright," she says in a reassuring tone. "I'm glad you came to us for guidance." Pause. "There isn't one single right or wrong way to do spiritual counseling, so you don't need to worry that you're going to make a mistake. Some people are looking for guidance about what sorts of things are Good and Evil, or true information about the gods and the afterlives. Some people want advice on how to make up for the Evil deeds they've done in the past, or how to resist the temptation to fall back into Evil habits, or how to determine the right thing to do in the future. Some people might have found themselves in situations where figuring out the right thing was particularly difficult, and want to talk through the situation. All of those are reasonable to want. I expect I will be better at giving you advice if you're honest with me — I'm sworn not to willingly repeat what you discuss with me without your permission — but if there are matters you aren't ready to discuss yet, you won't be in trouble, it just means that my advice might be worse. If you want to take a break at any point, or to leave, that's also allowed."

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Her reassuring tone helps him to speak smoothly.

"That all sounds helpful.  I'll admit my single strongest motivation is to avoid an eternity of suffering... last I checked I was Chaotic Evil.  I would find it helpful to have concrete goals to aim for, even if that's not exactly how alignment or judgement works.  So, ]things to do to make up for specific Evils, things to avoid- uh-" he stammers a moment "- I think the specific Evils I did that got me to read Evil were a product of circumstances in Cheliax, but I guess your expert opinion on how likely that is to be true, and if not what extra steps I should take to avoid repeating them would be helpful.  I do have a few specific questions about if certain things count as Good or Evil.  And some questions about ways to contribute money to causes and how much Good that will count for."

He's aware he's kind of rambling a bit, he'll try to focus down... "I would like a specific targetable plan of avoid some things, rearrange some habits of thought, and donate so much money here or there, in order to hit Chaotic Neutral within some specific number of years and Chaotic or Neutral Good in another number of years.  I'm aware that's not quite how things work but, uh, as long as that strategy isn't unrecommended it would give me something to aim for."

He almost stops to let the Select speak, but he wants to make sure he covers everything, so he adds one more thing.  "I am definitely willing to accurately explain what I've done if that would be helpful for figuring out how to make Good faster or exactly how much Evil I have to make up for."

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"Those all seem reasonable to me — as you note, it isn't always possible to exactly quantify how Evil a specific Evil deed is, but we can definitely come up with a plan along those lines, probably with some margin for error. If you're strong enough to detect that makes things a bit easier, as it should be easy to determine when you've hit Neutral. —Our understanding is that detectable alignment does not necessarily correspond to afterlife destination, and in particular that an Evildoer who sincerely seeks to atone for their Evil deeds may find that their alignment aura lingers past the point when they would be damned to an Evil afterlife, but of course it's safer not to take that risk. Do you want to start by talking through what you've done, or was there anything else you wanted to discuss first?"

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