Based on what Angel had learned from Audrey about "hypnosis" and "suggestion," Hvin Rambis, a Sequence 4 Manipulator, should never have directly entered the sea of consciousness of a Beyonder one Sequence above him and said something as likely to provoke resistance as "let's discuss your next assignment."
He should first have softened his target's psychological defenses through friendly conversation in a peaceful atmosphere, then found an opportunity to slip into the great sea of consciousness and secretly enter her "island" on its surface. There, he could look for points that would change her attitude without endangering her safety, then alter those key points through words and Beyonder abilities to achieve suggestion and hypnosis.
Otherwise, even a Beyonder of the same Sequence would instinctively resist if the hypnosis involved something the target valued deeply or directly threatened their life. A Demigod possessing divinity would notice such an "abnormality" almost immediately and break free of the hypnotic state.
Unfortunately, in Hvin Rambis's eyes, "Christine Teresa" was merely a Demoness of Pleasure who had fled from Intis to Loen. She might have amassed considerable wealth and even possessed one or two decent Mystical Items, but resisting a Spectator Demigod's hypnosis was utterly impossible.
He could even whip up towering waves in her great sea of consciousness, instantly infecting her with Mental Plague and making her lose control or go mad, or simply order her to "commit suicide." Although that would provoke resistance, the gap of two Sequences would eliminate any possibility of an accident.
Thus, as Hvin Rambis strolled along the beach as though he were its true owner, Angel, floating above her own island of consciousness in a form visible only to herself, nearly laughed aloud.
Meanwhile, her body in reality obeyed his instructions. She found an armchair, sat down, and