Tara Jean's cheeks puff & she rubs her eyes as she breathes out. Modernity never learned & it certainly didn't have any respect for what had come before. She crams her hands in the pockets of her blue wool coat, and grinds her back teeth together.
" Well, at least these spirits were old & smart enough to move on to whatever comes next ... I bet haunting a men's shoe department or make-up counter for all eternity would be the pits ! "
She looks him over & sighs, fading into existence & suddenly looking far more solid than a spirit had the right to. She folds her arms over her chest and nods sagely:
" They're gone now, Mr. Greene. "
She's seen him around town, befriending the dead & trying to soothe their earthly pains. She used to be the same - though she had been forced to suppress the desire to speak, interact & help them. It was the devil's curse, that's what her parents had said & besides, her old man had worn her backside out with a belt the last time she'd tried.
Some talents were suppose to die with you, that was the idea that had been planted in her then.
" ... You only have me for company here today. "