"Well, at least that's a slightly pleasant surprise about how nice a place Golarion is to live, compared to where I'd just sent my second-order estimate."

Keltham genuinely is relieved about this; to be repeatedly surprised by the same observation indicates that the machinery making up yourself is not properly reflecting the basic idea of 'surprise'.  A stable meta-rule 'no matter how bad you imagine Golarion is, it is actually worse' implies some basic defect in you and not just the planet.

"Well, at least that's a slightly pleasant surprise about how nice a place Golarion is to live, compared to where I'd just sent my second-order estimate."

Keltham genuinely is relieved about this; to be repeatedly surprised by the same observation indicates that the machinery making up yourself is not properly reflecting the basic idea of 'surprise'.  A stable meta-rule 'no matter how bad you imagine Golarion is, it is actually worse' implies some defect in you and not just the planet.

"Well, at least that's a slightly pleasant surprise about how nice a place Golarion is to live, compared to where I'd just sent my second-order estimate."

Keltham genuinely is relieved about this; to be repeatedly surprised by the same observation indicates that the machinery making up yourself is not properly reflecting the idea of 'surprise'.  A stable meta-rule 'no matter how bad you imagine Golarion is, it is actually worse' implies some defect in you and not just the planet.