[ At the very least, it makes Sebastian laugh. It’s gentle and amused, because while he still sees it as largely benevolent, that’s mostly from his own point of view. With these strictly defined criteria, he can see how Bondrewd’s research could present issues, but he also just thought they would largely be for others. Sebastian’s longevity comes in handy with things like this. If Bondrewd creates Pandora’s box and asks him to open it, then naturally he had no problem with that. Knowledge is powerful, and mortals were not as good at wielding it as they thought. ]

I accept the terms. Whatever your research discovers, it shall be known. You have my oath in this, so long as I too am able to carry it out.

[ And of course, demon that he is, he half hopes that it is something ruinous… But that’s something to find out much later. ]