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[flameandpassion]

Hey, Adstringendum. I've got a question.

[Rei is sitting in a chair, in Castiel's impromptu study, with a worn book in her hands. An anthology of ghost stories. And, because of simple curiosity:]

Do you believe in ghosts?

[Scientists? What scientists? Fran is going to handle that part.]

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[wingsandwill.livejournal.com]

As do I. Some more than others, however.

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[flameandpassion]

I felt like reading something scary.

[Rei shrugs a shoulder.]

I guess they're not really so terrifying when you know what's real and what isn't.

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[wingsandwill.livejournal.com]

I have heard that humans believe that much fear is of the unknown rather than something in specific.

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[flameandpassion]

That's true -- but you don't think it's the same for angels, too?

[Rei rests her chin in her palm.]

Your fears are based in the unknown much more than anything specific.

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[wingsandwill.livejournal.com]

[He shakes his head slightly, and seems to realize this is an open feed. Locking it now.]

My fears are very specific. Knowing what might occur doesn't lessen it.

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[flameandpassion]

Your fears are as vague and uncertain as anything else. What you're afraid of can't be cured by staying away from a stepladder or stepping on a bug. They're unknowns in the dark.

[Insanity. Losing control. And Rei supposes losing the people you love is a specific fear, a very real one, but she won't name them out loud when Castiel has difficulty enough coping with emotion, let alone what he fears.]

That's a lot scarier than something you can see, feel, hold. Because you don't know when it'll come.

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[wingsandwill.livejournal.com]

[Alright, perhaps he can concede that.]

I suppose.

[It's quiet; he's trying to avoid thinking of any of those things she didn't mention, glad she didn't.]

Ghost are simple to deal with.

[Which makes them less frightening by far.]

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[flameandpassion]

It's a lot harder for people who have never seen them before to accept that.

[Rei shrugs her shoulders, letting the previous topic drop as he had.]

Not everyone grew up with spirits or ghosts.