"This is all very open ended!" Herbert is surrounded by fire and absolutely freaking out but doing a fairly good job not showing it due to his overall flat irritation. "What do you intend to DO with the one in your service --what do you mean by, sacrifice--"

And then Jasper and Zan step forward and Herbert immediately starts trying to work out how thick the fire is, if he'd survive a run through it. This can't end well for him otherwise.