[Alistair isn't entirely sure who is making the request - he's far more used to talking to people face to face as it were on the thing - but he can't ignore a message like that. When he responds he sounds more than a little worried by the idea.]

That last bit is a joke, right? You're not really planning on making a deal with a demon? That's not a thing you're actually going to do?

Because I can tell you it's a really bad idea and it's not going to get you what you want.

[If it were even possible for people who weren't mages to learn magic. Not that a demon would let that stop it offering to do so as a means to get what it wanted, if one was summoned here.]