"Oh, good.  Two second-circle spells look similar to that one."  Seems relatively innocuous and if he's too reticent he'll learn a lot more slowly.  "The headbands do the same thing as Fox's Cunning but permanently in magic-item form?  That's also something I'm very interesting in reading about, any books that mention it," so he can maybe learn enough to know if putting one on is actually a good idea, but it would be better to present a different reason for his wanting those books -  "Your planet needs those to be much cheaper, very quickly, heritage optimization takes time."

"Oh, good.  Two second-circle spells look similar to that one."  Seems relatively innocuous, and if he's too reticent he'll learn a lot more slowly.  "The headbands do the same thing as Fox's Cunning but permanently in magic-item form?  That's also something I'm very interesting in reading about, any books that mention it," so he can maybe learn enough to know if putting one on is actually a good idea, but it would be better to present a different reason for his wanting those books -  "Your planet needs those to be much cheaper, very quickly, heritage optimization takes time."

"Oh, good.  Two second-circle spells look similar to that one."  Seems relatively innocuous, and if he's too reticent he'll learn a lot more slowly.  "The headbands do the same thing as Fox's Cunning but permanently in magic-item form?  That's also something I'm very interesting in reading about, any books that mention it," so he can maybe learn enough to know if putting one on is actually a good idea, but it would be better to present a different reason for his wanting those books -  "Your planet needs those to be much cheaper, as soon as possible, heritage optimization takes time."

"Oh, good.  Two second-circle spells look similar to that one."  Seems relatively innocuous, and if he's too reticent he'll learn a lot more slowly.  "The headbands do the same thing as Fox's Cunning but permanently in magic-item form?  That's also something I'm very interesting in reading about, any books that mention it," so he can maybe learn enough to know if putting one on is actually a good idea, but it would be better to present a different reason for his wanting those books - "Your planet needs those to be much cheaper, as soon as possible, heritage optimization takes time."

"Oh, good.  Two second-circle spells look similar to that one."  Seems relatively innocuous to say, and if he's too reticent he'll learn a lot more slowly.  "The headbands do the same thing as Fox's Cunning but permanently in magic-item form?  That's also something I'm very interesting in reading about, any books that mention it," so he can maybe learn enough to know if putting one on is actually a good idea, but it would be better to present a different reason for his wanting those books - "Your planet needs those to be much cheaper, as soon as possible, heritage optimization takes time."

"Oh, good.  Two second-circle spells look similar to that one."  Seems relatively innocuous to say, and if he's too reticent he'll learn a lot more slowly.  "The headbands do the same thing as Fox's Cunning but permanently in magic-item form?  That's also something I'm very interested in reading about, any books that mention it," so he can maybe learn enough to know if putting one on is actually a good idea, but it would be better to present a different reason for his wanting those books - "Your planet needs those to be much cheaper, as soon as possible, heritage optimization takes time."