"I see," she murmurs softly, knowing she has to tread lightly. Mia's 'source' might well be her brother, and while the woman has been very kind to her so far, she doesn't want to say anything that might strike a nerve.

"But they hadn't always been blood mages, I assume? There... there may have been a reason they'd resorted to such measures. Not any justifiable reason according to the average person, of course, but... I'd heard that some mages had been badly mistreated in Circles. Perhaps they thought it was their only way to end such mistreatment?" Having forgotten about the game for the moment, she looks back up at Mia. "If a mage is possessed by a demon, is there no way to get rid of the demon and bring the mage back?"