mun? obsessed? nah.... (ParaNorman spoilers)

[nomorebedtimestories]

You bought this, to go on your wall? ... it's... u-um...

Did you have to get the one that says "It's all fun and games until someone raises the dead"? I-I said I was sorry about that! I... I'm sorry.... I was...
... The Judge and the others, they're all okay now, right?
I.... I hope they were able to be at peace too...

... !! A-and a book? There's... a book?
It looks just like...

... I used to love that story. My mommy would read it to me all the time. 
It was my favorite... until...



Until those HoRRiBLe pEOpLe kept using it to try and pUT Me tO sLEeP, just because ThEY DiDN't waNT mE To WAkE uP!!

... !!!



Oh no, n-no, I'm sorry! I... I didn't...!
I didn't mean to... I'm so sorry...

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[nomorebedtimestories]

Did he... used to be a person...?

[She wonders, if that's what Morty meant by that; that wherever he's from, not all humans stay looking like humans after they become ghosts. If they become like Gengar...]

...? Where'd he go?

[It looks like Gengar just vanished into Morty's shadow. Did he really...?]

[burning_brass]

No, that's one of the things that make the kind of ghost he is different. He was actually born a ghost. I know that makes no sense, but it's how his sort of ghost works.

[He blinks and looks around a little.]

He's gone? Hm. Well, he likes to hide in someone's shadow, then jump out and scare them. He thinks it's funny. But I'm not sure that would work with you...

[Does she even have a shadow? Meanwhile, there go Gengar's eyes opening in Morty's shadow, and a flash of a grin before they're gone again.]

[nomorebedtimestories]

[Aggie isn't sure what to say in response to that. It really doesn't make much sense.
All she can really think is these other kinds of ghosts must be very different. She has a difficult time trying to think of what it'd be like to have always been a ghost, though. It sounds so strange. Even though she's been dead for 300 years, she still remembers what life was like. More since Norman helped her.
A shadow is something she definitely doesn't have. Though other then that, you might think she was just a normal little girl in a Puritan dress, if it weren't for her constantly being surrounded by a bright green ghostly aura.]

That's a mean trick to play...

[burning_brass]

He doesn't really mean any harm by it, but it is a little mean. Some ghosts like him like to play around with illusions, though, so I suppose it could be worse.

[Speaking of which, here comes Gengar out of Morty's shadow, leaping... right onto his head. The idea is probably more to entertain Aggie than anything else, even if Morty's stumbling around now. Mostly because Gengar's managed to push his headband down over his eyes.]

[nomorebedtimestories]

[Perhaps surprisingly, that actually makes Aggie let out a little laugh, watching Morty stumble around in a rather silly way with Gengar on his head. To her, what Gengar actually did didn't seem mean at all. It reminds her of something like when you run up to a friend and give them a big surprise hug. It looks like Morty and Gengar must be really good friends.]

[burning_brass]

[Laughing is good, and Gengar grins before helping Morty fix his headband and hopping off his shoulders. Morty's grinning, too, and glances down at Gengar.]

You were planning that, weren't you?

[Gengar just shrugs and winks at Aggie.]

[nomorebedtimestories]

[She giggles again, when Gengar jumps off and winks at her. He must be nice after all.]

You seem like really great friends.

[burning_brass]

[Morty laughs a little and reaches down to ruffle... well, it might be Gengar's hair, or just the spiky stuff between its ears.]

We've been together a really long time; I met him when we were both kids. A lot of my family's worked with ghosts.

[nomorebedtimestories]

Can only you see him?

[Well, only Morty and the others in his family who can see ghosts, she thinks he means. Other Prenderghasts besides her had her "gift" as well.
After all, someone had to read to her every year... for three whole centuries.]

[burning_brass]

Hm? No, it's just that it's sort of a thing. Some families where I'm from are like that - I have a friend in Violet City whose entire family trains birds. He inherited his from his dad.

[He's skirting around the whole concept of Pokemon, mostly because he doesn't want to have to explain it to a ghost he's pretty sure can't be much more than ten.]

[nomorebedtimestories]

... Ghost birds?

[That happens to be what her eleven-year-old (or perhaps technically three hundred eleven-year-old, though not much growth happens in death) mind puts together from what Morty implies, since affiliating with ghosts is fairly different from affiliating with birds. At least it is where she comes from. She doesn't yet have any way of being aware how similar the two practices are in Morty's world.]