Damn, that's a smart question. Straight to the point, and he can learn all kinds of information from it.

Could you not butt in suddenly like that?!

You move carefully and wisely as you get to the heart of the matter.

Perfect for a loser who's afraid to approach

You're right, but I only pointed out the truth.

That's it. Something's inside the house. Come on, we're getting to the bottom of this.

It appears you were at least half-right. There is necromancy at the heart of this.

But that was precisely the point! He was a puppet-king of the Empire , not a High King of Skyrim.