Duncan had this way of cutting off the most interesting topics of conversation. Blaine didn't bother to try and pursue it though. He was at least partially familiar with the type, and once they decided there was nothing else to be said, it was a waste of time to try for more. Instead he focused on the spirits. "The same mages who put themselves in circles? I forget, who was the one behind that idea? The mages themselves, the Chantry, or the Templars? We talked about it once and it's kind of fuzzy now. Though to be honest this sounds like something out of a game or a book. So not strange, but unreal."