He watches her nearly inhuman Spellcraft with terrified attentiveness.
He couldn't match the Chosen with two more wizard circles and twenty more years of practice. Couldn't make these tiny swords of glibness even if he trained for a year to make just that one item type. But he can maybe possibly if he works until exhaustion show the Chosen that he can prepare the lesser parts of her work for her, present her with prepared materials that she'll be able to complete with two hours less of her time, if he works for ten hours before then.