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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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[flameandpassion]

That's the general definition, but a few people think of them in a different way because of their own worlds.

Do you believe in them?

[leggierissimo]

Of course! They would be horribly lonely if no one believed in them, wouldn't they?

[flameandpassion]

[That gets something of a laugh out of her.]

I don't think the ghosts would mind all that much.

[leggierissimo]

Ah? How do you know?

[flameandpassion]

Most ghosts know they're ghosts. Whether or not you believe in them or not. They don't need approval or belief to sustain them.

[leggierissimo]

Oh, of course they don't. It's the same as any living person.

But it still might not keep them from getting lonely. Everyone likes to be acknowledged.

[flameandpassion]

Hm. That's true.

So I guess it's a good thing we believe in them.

What's your name?

[leggierissimo]

I would say it's a good thing, yes.

Kiryuu Yoshiya, but I go by Joshua.

[flameandpassion]

I'm Rei, Joshua. It's nice to meet you.

[leggierissimo]

A pleasure, Rei-chan.

Tell me, how is it that you've come to believe in them?

[flameandpassion]

I've grown up with the ability to see, feel, and hear them.

[leggierissimo]

Is that so? It's nice to meet someone similar, then.

[flameandpassion]

[Ooh.]

You can communicate with spirits?

[leggierissimo]

[Handwave!]

Something like that. I've been able to see them for quite a while.

[flameandpassion]

Me too.

[Quite warmly. Seeing the dead is a privilege, in Rei's point of view.]

For how long?

[leggierissimo]

Oh, years. I can't remember when I first started seeing them.