"I only need a small piece..." He starts poking through and finds a suitable piece that he won't have to trim very much. "I'm missing quite a lot. Many of my spells require a material component. Soot and things like clay or powdered iron or fleece might be easier to get my hands on, but things such as... eh... bat guano and phosphorus might be more difficult to find. Unless I can somehow acquire my component pouch from home..."

Some of that shit was really expensive. The life of a wizard is a broke one.