"Almost definitely not worth that much of your time, alas."

Also, in retrospect he did not think of this quickly enough, 'poky thing that gives you a deeply emotional and possibly addicting experience each time you stab yourself with it' is potentially a bad thing to invent and bring to Golarion.  That's not trope reasoning, it's pattern recognition in general.

"Cost of one scroll, and how long does it probably take me to learn to cast from scrolls?"

"Almost definitely not worth that much of your time, alas."

Also, in retrospect he did not think of this quickly enough, 'poky thing that gives you a deeply emotional and possibly addicting experience each time you stab yourself with it' is potentially a bad thing to invent and bring to Golarion or have around even for himself.  That's not trope reasoning, it's pattern recognition in general.

"Cost of one scroll, and how long does it probably take me to learn to cast from scrolls?"

"Almost definitely not worth that much of your time, alas."

Also, in retrospect he did not think of this quickly enough, 'poky thing that gives you a deeply emotional and possibly addicting experience each time you stab yourself with it' is potentially a bad thing to invent into Golarion or have around even for himself.  That's not trope reasoning, it's pattern recognition in general.

"Cost of one scroll, and how long does it probably take me to learn to cast from scrolls?"