It's a good thing Marduk is behind zim, because she can't quite hide the way her smile fades as they bring up ghosts.
"Okay," she says uneasily. There's no legal precedent for ghosts, and privately, she's always felt they were some kind of an elaborate lowblood joke at her expense. Perhaps they are real, and it's just life that no one above yellow has ever seen them, but... it seems unlikely.
But if Hinnom wants to make a joke at her expense, well.. it's not like they'd be the first. She pats zir shoulder, and then, releasing it, carefully takes a step back. She's never actually seen someone use psionics before, but the gamegrubs always make it seem like a hectic affair.
"Do I need to move back farther?" she asks, bracing a hand on the wall. She resolutely does not think about how damp it is under her skin. "Or, ah.. is this distance sufficient?"
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"Okay," she says uneasily. There's no legal precedent for ghosts, and privately, she's always felt they were some kind of an elaborate lowblood joke at her expense. Perhaps they are real, and it's just life that no one above yellow has ever seen them, but... it seems unlikely.
But if Hinnom wants to make a joke at her expense, well.. it's not like they'd be the first. She pats zir shoulder, and then, releasing it, carefully takes a step back. She's never actually seen someone use psionics before, but the gamegrubs always make it seem like a hectic affair.
"Do I need to move back farther?" she asks, bracing a hand on the wall. She resolutely does not think about how damp it is under her skin. "Or, ah.. is this distance sufficient?"