"I see!" For the little she has said, he is already scribbling notes. (At some point, he thinks, he ought to add some ordinary paper to the portfolio as well. Even if he can get all he needs for free, there is no sense in wasting talisman paper!) "That sounds much like my companion's path as well. He is a cultivator, not a necromancer, but cultivation involves plenty of speaking with the spirits of the dead."

He scratches the back of his head with the pen.

"So does my necromancy, of course, but it is more of a commanding than a questioning at times."