And her response piques his interest. Considering that his curious circumstances involved the courier and Christine's in the same boat as he is, perhaps his circumstances with the scale were her circumstances as well.

"I have a room upstairs for the night. Maybe we can discuss it there? After all, I wouldn't want to disturb the people trying to eat or drink with any magic we might perform."

Plus, he just doesn't want to bring out a dragon scale in the open like this.