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"It would be rather hypocritical if I were to find death to be creepy, when I am one of the very few to see death all around me." Meredith replied, smiling. This guy, Damien, did seem interesting - she still wasn't sure if he had abilities similar to hers, she couldn't be without definite proof, and yet...

"Is there anything else you've smelled before that reminds you of the smell of death? It can't be like the black soil one finds in graveyards or like the smell of decaying flesh... Is there any way you can describe it? I don't, and will not, think of you as a freak because of this; it's just really interesting." she said, leaning in towards Damien as an unconscious result of her curiosity. However, considering the next question that was asked, she returned to her usual position, leaning her back against the seat.

"It seems that I could contact the dead since I was very young. My mother tells me that I had talked, laughed or reacted to what appeared to be thin air..but that might be a typical behaviour for babies, I don't know. Anyways, I've been seeing my grandmother since about the time I've been aware of the things around me; I used to see a lot more people, but we've been practicing defense techniques and ways to consciously skim through the 'layers', so now I'm quite good at controlling and protecting myself. But..um..I'm a bit surprised that your parents would haunt you, at least in a negative way - are you sure that they didn't stay back here in order to protect you or something like that? And what do you think happens to spirits when you exorcise them?" For some reason, she didn't like the idea of exoricsing benign spirits. It seemed unfair to her that ones who still wanted to complete things, to help or watch those whom they had left behind, would be forcefully..well, she wasn't sure what came afterwards; she didn't exactly believe in something like a heaven. Sure, she had encountered rather dangerous or aggressive spirits, and that was where her techniques of defense came in, as she had been warned of the possibility of a possession, but his own parents...? There was a bitter taste spreading in her mouth; she covered her lips with her hand, looking down at her lap with a murky expression.