…and even more questions about Pharasma, actually.

Creation is a bubble maintained by Pharasma keeping out the really really Outer Gods and such.

How would she describe Creation in general terms?

The Material Plane has lots of planets around lots of stars and most of them are inhabited by intelligent life of some kind. Other planes include the Inner Planes, which is where elementals are from, and the Outer Planes, where gods tend to live.

The planets are around stars?

Y…es? That is how planets work.

And what are elementals like?

They're beings of fire, earth, water and air. They're smarter than animals and less smart than humans. They can be summoned, and bound for industrial applications sometimes.

So, what would she say a water elemental or an air elemental is like in terms of physical composition?

«They're made of water and air, respectively.» What is with this question?

«Describe water and air.»

«Water is a transparent liquid at the current temperature. 'Transparent' means you can see through it, though it's a tiny bit bluish in a way you only really see if you have a lot of it. Liquids are a kind of stuff that will move to fit the shape of a container they're in but are hard to compress or expand. People and animals tend to drink it. There's a lot of water in nature, salty in oceans and occasional lakes and non-salty in typical rivers and lakes. Sometimes drops of it come out of the sky, which is called rain. It freezes solid when it's somewhat colder than this and boils when it's a lot hotter than this. Unlike many liquids, frozen water takes up more space than liquid water. An air moves to fit the shape of a container it's in and will expand to fill space and can be compressed. The most common airs on Golarion are 'vital air' and 'fixed air'. Humanoids and animals inhale vital air and exhale fixed air, and fire also turns vital air to fixed air, while plants turn fixed air to vital air. The atmosphere is vital air. Other airs exist, some of which are poisonous and some of which are flammable and such, but I'm not an alchemist so I don't know much about those.»

«Describe oceans. Has Asmodeus given you any commands about them?»

«Oceans are bodies of salty water that cover most of Golarion's surface. There are fish there, and aquatic people, and such. People sail boats across them. If my lord Asmodeus has personally given me any commandments about them I'm not telling you. There's nothing that's a matter of public record, though presumably He prefers that Cheliax fight pirates who interfere with the slave trade and travel by ocean as a means to conquer other lands? But it's not like anyone has gone around yelling that, it's more that this makes sense given my understanding of Cheliax and Lord Asmodeus.»

«So he hasn't commanded you to not get salt from the ocean, or sail boats across it, or fish from it.»

«I would not expect Cheliax to be that far out of accordance with His will, no.»

Seriously, what is with these questions. Her top explanation is "people think Cheliax's wizard-production rate is due to being able to boost at least some facet of Cunning cheaply, and they want to know how specialized it is", but that's not, actually, what she thinks is going on, it's just that it's an explanation. (No, telepath, Cheliax is just richer than you because we have the backing of Hell, so we can afford to check the Cunning of a lot of peasants and educate the best of them.)

«What is Cheliax's relation to Asmodeus? You may stick to matters of public record.»

«Lord Asmodeus is the patron of Cheliax where I am from. He has made Cheliax safe and prosperous enough to offer magic education to everyone with potential. The people of Cheliax become Asmodeus's servants in Hell when we die.»

«Is this a common pattern in Golarion?»

«Osirion has some kind of god-king of Abadar, I don't know the details. Lastwall belongs to Iomedae. But both of those places aren't as rich as Cheliax.»

Questioning continues with various breaks. Would Carissa like to cooperate with pacing around in a tent while being stared at, or do other exercises that don't involve hand movements? Someone's clearly put together a schedule for adjusting Carissa's position even if she's not interested in exercises, but she may also initiate this process. There is a music box, someone could play a music box over Message at her, if that would help with sanity? It would, uh, be interrupted by screeches though. Sorry about that but they don't want her being eaten by daemons. Also, may they adjust her sleep schedule to include multiple chunks of at least one hour instead of one long chunk? Operational resources are constrained but if stuff is necessary for Carissa sanity and not a security risk she should let them know.

Exercising seems good for staying a useful tool. Why are they asking her about her sleep schedule, they can obviously do what they like. She would really like to in the short term have an agreement where she is not restrained in the event of a daemon fight and in the long term they might want to contact Cheliax about prisoner exchanges.

She can go in the Bag of Holding if the daemons show up again, it's a fairly safe place to be if you're not attached to breathing, but she really isn't offering enough value as a combatant to be worth the risks involved in dealing with Asmodeans.

She's a really good item crafter? They could have sex with her if they want?