"No, my horse is not a virgin."  Actually, Nathan didn't know that for certain, since he'd gotten Midnight second-hand.  But he wasn't about to risk her being sacrificed.<br/><br/>"If you're looking for a virgin animal sacrifice, a horse would be a waste of a valuable animal.  Better to go to the local shepherd and buy a lamb for the sacrifice.  Then you can not only sacrifice it, you can then use it in a lamb stew."  Nathan tried his best to keep a straight face as he made that suggestion.<br/><br/>As for spellbooks on communicating with the dead, he wasn't going to touch that topic.