"A magic circle? No...I've never made one. Never seemed to need one, though."
And if he'd truly needed them, wouldn't he have been taught? If it was 'basics', then he was far beyond that already, and he'd certainly never seen anyone making magic circles. "Well, doesn't everything sort of have a mind of its own? Maybe we should bring Elodin out here. If he could find its Name, then he could break through it. I've seen him do it with stone."
He smiled a bit, trying to make his face look innocent, and like a child hungry for knowledge. When he spoke again, he threw Harry's own Chicago/Missouri accent back at him, with the ease of a native.