"It is. An abhorrent practice, not least of which is because it exposes a mage to greater chance of possession by a demon. Which appears to have been the case there." There's an obvious shudder of disgust there. Whether you approve of magic or not, no one could see it as right to indulge in such things. Surely.

"And no, the mages within the tower were the ones that turned. At least as I heard it told. My...source was not very forthcoming, after what he endured there," she replies after a moment, before reaching to continue the game, taking a pawn in the process.