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Old 11-05-2005, 06:33 AM   #1
Sagitta
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Default I heard it on the grapevine

There's a rather superficial contradiction in the Lilith writeup:

p24:
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When two Lilim meet on any but the briefest or most hostile occasions, they will talk about their jobs...
p33:
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Similarly, there is an unspoken rule that [Free Lilim] don’t talk about their jobs...
But on closer analysis, there still seems to be a contradiction. Either the Free Daughters make a formidable bloc because they share their inside knowledge about the rest of Hell, or they are valuable agents because they are known to be discreet, but not both.

Most demons, most of the time, will want discretion from their employees, if not paranoid secrecy. They will need to ensure that temps keep quiet about what they did and witnessed, even centuries afterwards - or alternatively to spread the employer's own version of the facts. Even the less subtle Princes (Belial, Saminga, Haagenti) won't want their servitors' Roles and mistakes to become widely known. The question is: does this silence come for free, or does it have to be bought?

How much does it cost to purchase someone's long-term silence? I can imagine some contracts would include 'memory pearl' clauses, but that seems unfair to the Lilim's player.
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