Solomon couldn't say whether or not he'd want to be of use once he died, but the fact of the matter was that he probably would be in some fashion to some other Necromancer. It was a matter of practicality, and arguing against it seemed particularly useless.

Well, aside from the fact that he would rather not die at all.

His attention snapped back to her with her question and his hand stilled. "Quite well, thank you," he said. Now that he knew the exsphere was there, it seemed rather difficult to overlook at all. "As I said, Necromancers prefer to focus their magic through items. I simply wasn't expecting to find one here, and it startled me."

In the middle of the greatest concentration of death in any city save an actual graveyard. He rose from the bed, testing the weight on his newly healed leg almost automatically, and retrieved his pants.