Gabe laughed a little. Not a bad laugh. Not a disdainful laugh, just a quiet one in amusement the same way Stephanie's was. "No, I'm not a ghost. Don't believe Skul when he says stranger things have happened; he kind of sets the bar for the Twilight Zone, even for sorcerers."
"If you're not a ghost," Melissa said, "then what are you? You're obviously not American."
Gabe grinned again. "No, I just put that accent on because it's fun. I'm ..." He hesitated, and something in the way his eyes flickered made Melissa regret the question.
"I don't want to know, do I?"
"Um. Probably not."
"Are you--" Human, she was going to ask, before deciding that even that was too much right now. She shook her head. "No, never mind. I don't want to know."
She didn't want to know because he'd already implied enough about not being human, or not completely human, even though he apparently didn't want to break them. Which she appreciated. Really. She also needed an urgent subject-change.
"Is it just you?" she asked Gabe and Mr Pleasant at large, though without actually looking Mr Pleasant in the skull. "Who knows Stephanie, I mean. You two and Fletcher."
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"If you're not a ghost," Melissa said, "then what are you? You're obviously not American."
Gabe grinned again. "No, I just put that accent on because it's fun. I'm ..." He hesitated, and something in the way his eyes flickered made Melissa regret the question.
"I don't want to know, do I?"
"Um. Probably not."
"Are you--" Human, she was going to ask, before deciding that even that was too much right now. She shook her head. "No, never mind. I don't want to know."
She didn't want to know because he'd already implied enough about not being human, or not completely human, even though he apparently didn't want to break them. Which she appreciated. Really. She also needed an urgent subject-change.
"Is it just you?" she asked Gabe and Mr Pleasant at large, though without actually looking Mr Pleasant in the skull. "Who knows Stephanie, I mean. You two and Fletcher."