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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]

[Someone is out today, and when he checks his PCD he notices this. The question's answer is too obvious for him to give, so he's more focused on an entirely different part of this.]

Why are you in my research room?

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[buntails.livejournal.com]

Reiiiii-chan, this isn't one of your scary stories, is it? [Please say no. No would be a much better answer.]

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[stepford-smiles.livejournal.com]

No, not at all. Do you?

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[flameandpassion]

I don't know -- I heard something tip over in the upper floors today and no one was there.

[It's hard to tell whether or not she's serious.]

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[flameandpassion]

Because I'm going through all your stuff and putting it in the wrong places and finding out all of your dirty secrets.

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[buntails.livejournal.com]

[Gah! Why do you guys always this to her?!]

That's... that's not true, right? You're just trying to scare me! [She's... going to keep trying to believe that. But her eyes give her away as they slip up towards the ceiling, as if she can see to the higher floors.]

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[flameandpassion]

I do. Less ghosts and more 'spirits', though I guess some people would consider them the same thing.

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[wingsandwill.livejournal.com]

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I like my books where they are, Rei.

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[flameandpassion]

Well, I don't.

[CASUALLY NUDGING A BOOK OFF OF THE TABLE.]

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[stepford-smiles.livejournal.com]

Ghosts - and spirits, too - have always just been material for spooky stories to frighten children. Perhaps your world is different -- or maybe I'm just blind to it, right?

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[flameandpassion]

It is an ancient building. There are probably lots of spirits attached to it.

[WHAT IT'S COOL USAGI DEAD PEOPLE ARE AWESOME.]

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[flameandpassion]

I can hear them and feel them -- speak to them, if they're really strong. There are a few attached to my shrine, at home -- the spirits that we look after.

It's always possible that our worlds are different regarding the dead -- that's kind of why I asked. I was curious.

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[buntails.livejournal.com]

[Do you know what she has to do to get these stories out of her head? DO YOU?]

Have you seen them before? [She's starting to be more and more worried, because Rei knows spirits. She can't really doubt it if Rei says it, but...

This is just teasing, right?

...Right?]

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[012420.livejournal.com]

Believing in ghosts is stupid. Such things do not exist.

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[flameandpassion]

In your world, maybe not, but in mine -- and in this one -- they do.

Why don't you believe in them?

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[012420.livejournal.com]

because there are no such thing as ghosts. [Therefore, it would be stupid to believe in them.]

...

At least not in my world.

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[stepford-smiles.livejournal.com]

-- oh!

[And suddenly, Mami has the decency to look embarrassed.]

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to offend you, if I did. It didn't occur to me that someone would have that ability.

[knew-anyway.livejournal.com]

Ghosts do not exist. Spirits do, but they do not have the same origin- and while spirits are often mistaken for ghosts due to their mischievous behavior, they are not the same.

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[wingsandwill.livejournal.com]

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Rei.

[flameandpassion]

[Rei looks faintly amused. She hadn't expected Nathaniel or the shinigami to answer it. Mainly because she knows beyond a shadow of a doubt that they exist in their world. But she'll play along.]

Your world's terminology isn't exactly standard.

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[flameandpassion]

Has it been proven to you? Or have you just never experienced one?

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[flameandpassion]

It's fine, it's fine -- you weren't being rude.

[Rei waves it off.]

A lot of people don't believe in them for a reason. I was just reading these silly stories and got curious, that's all. It's fine if you don't believe in them.

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[flameandpassion]

What, in the house?

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[flameandpassion]

[Aah, the pouting face. Even Hino Rei is weak to that. So she laughs a little before stooping to pick up the book, flipping it over neatly -- it's a book on Greek history.]

Calm down. They're mine. I just came in here to read. Everything you have is still in order, don't worry. I didn't touch anything.

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[012420.livejournal.com]

Well the fact that I, nor anyone I know of, have ever experienced one should be enough proof?