"- why does she even imagine I might want to destroy a whole plane?"

"Because it is what I would ask you to consider doing, if Carissa were not firmly opposed. I want to cut the deep reaches of Hell off from the one where new petitioners arrive."

"Oh. I mean, I'd also rather not. You could probably talk me into it, but some of them might be salvageable.

"Advice on Razmir?"

"You should tell her that, I think it would mean more to her than you can imagine. I don't know what our other options are but - it sounds like there'll be billions of people looking for them.

Razmir is very puzzling to me. I don't trust him at all and if something goes horrendously wrong he would not be an implausible candidate for what but it may, in fact, be the case that everything he wants you can straightforwardly give him."

"No idea how far I should trust his Law?"

"I do not think it is sacred to him. Obviously it is pragmatically useful to him."

Nod. "Uh, do I have to worry about my mind being read by impolite deities?"

"They are ideologically distant from you and will have trouble getting much granularity but that is something that gods can do and will probably try to do."

"Is there... anything to be done about that."

"In Aktun Abadar can protect you. Spells like Mind Blank make it much more expensive. Going to one of the Evil afterlives would make it worse, and there are many other reasons to not do that without a lot of advance planning."

Nod nod. "And... is Abadar in fact doing that?"

"Yes. Heaven will do the same, if you come visit us."

"Oh good. Uh, that does seem like it complicates sheltering under the Worldwound treaty, do we still need to do that?"

"You do not need to if you intend to remain entirely in Axis and in Heaven, but it's still doing useful work if you ever leave, and there are various things you might want to leave for. You can probably do some supply shipments remotely while remaining under the treaty's auspices, it's not like people working on the Worldwound on an ongoing basis so that the treaty shelters them was unintended behavior."

"I wasn't sure remote shipments counted, surely not everyone who sells food to the Worldwounders is covered?"

"It's less persuasive to an evaluating body than actually exploding things, but not irrelevant."

"Okay. Uh, if Carissa and I are going to communicate solely through lawyers and potential hangers-on no longer need to get along with both of us, should I have additional, I think the local term is 'party members'...?"

"You should ask Lastwall for someone Teleport-capable and someone Plane-Shift capable, to take you places, handle translation, provide cultural competence, etcetera. That will be much more attainable for them once they've done the rescue resurrections I've asked Carissa to authorize; they'll be less pressed for people who could possibly do it."

Nod nod. "I never did hear back from Sothis, do they have any interest in participating in the situation in any way that isn't just being Abadaran at things?"

"They will want to trade you things; I think they're trying to stay out of the geopolitics."

"How, uh, should I communicate with Lastwall about getting me magical chauffeurs, do I just - tell Carissa I want to send this request along with the wagonload of diamonds, or -"

"You can summon someone here with whoever delivers the latest round of requests. When you tell them I was here they'll want as full of a transcript as you and Carissa are willing to give them."

"Oh, should I have been taking more exact notes -" He goes back and annotates. "The requests have not been coming in person, is the thing, people are just writing my mail label or we could have avoided the most recent dustup."

"I will tell them to show up. You may give them an exact transcript, if you would like, but you don't particularly owe it to them; some people find it easier to have the thoughts they want to have if they expect it to be private or at least not a prized part of the historical record."

"- my half of the conversation is also going to be a prized part of the historical record?"