Asmodeus had said 'followers of Ioun', not just the goddess herself. That's a very specific plausible direction to pursue.
He glances up briefly, though whether it's in response to the remark itself or the laughter, his expression is... exasperated but in a way that's almost fond. That's downright cute, Zerxus.
So much cute and endearingly and earnestly wrong that he isn't even remotely startled by the laughter.
"You're thinking like a paladin and operating under a false premise: these are the rules, and he follows them rigidly. If everything he said or did were a lie, there would be no element of deceit. You could simply reverse everything." Is he supposed to be spelling this out? Fuck if he knows, but there's a level of earnestly naive that apparently makes him say things. "And aside from that I am his son. If I were stupid enough to believe he was safe, he'd flay me and I'd deserve it."
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He glances up briefly, though whether it's in response to the remark itself or the laughter, his expression is... exasperated but in a way that's almost fond. That's downright cute, Zerxus.
So much cute and endearingly and earnestly wrong that he isn't even remotely startled by the laughter.
"You're thinking like a paladin and operating under a false premise: these are the rules, and he follows them rigidly. If everything he said or did were a lie, there would be no element of deceit. You could simply reverse everything." Is he supposed to be spelling this out? Fuck if he knows, but there's a level of earnestly naive that apparently makes him say things. "And aside from that I am his son. If I were stupid enough to believe he was safe, he'd flay me and I'd deserve it."