"That would be your loss, not ours," he replies without missing a beat. If the man wished to refuse magic on the basis of disliking others that practiced it, that would be his challenge. Solas doubts the human would have much magic in him to start with if it hadn't manifested already.

But he is curious about what Herbert speaks of. It is enough to keep him there and listening.

"I know the theory and thought behind necromancy, but it is not an art I have practiced." Much, anyway. Herbert's bit of information at least has Solas answering some of his questions with, "My specialties are in restoration and ice though I have practiced in a great deal more. Magic is my work and I have kept an open mind in learning it and its uses."