"None of my candidates are advanced enough to start on crafting magic items according to conventional schedules. There's one who I think would do very well with that devil system, maybe on something like twelve days on two days off, but he'd have to actually know how to craft first -"
"- wrongthought, I'm not thinking about this right. My candidates are potential ilani candidates, or I tried to look for those, and those are far more valuable than crafters. If you just want a crafter to retrain, I can go out one night looking for a crafter who'll do well with harsher training and more pressure -"
"- still wrongthought, I'm trying to please you, and that's not Cheliax's priority or Asmodeus's interest. My own estimate is that Asmodeus needs ilani and Keepers from you, not crafters, not even completely fucking absurd crafters."