[Trahearne says it wryly,] It's nothing like that. I'm a necromancer, but there's not much call for that profession here. I found a employment at an antique store, and it suits me well enough.

[He knows he's told Bastien about being a necromancer a time or two before. Perhaps it's just easy to forget about.]

In that case, I'll pick up a bottle of wine on my way home.