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"He did," she repeats as if it will make more sense the second time.
"I'm not sure who you're talking about," I admit. "Does he have a name?"
"I can't tell you it."
"Okay, will you let me talk to my partner for a moment?"
She nods.
I turn to Mathias. "How much did you hear?"
"None of it. I can't understand ghosts, or seers when they're talking to ghosts."
I frown, not having realised that's the case. "Ah. Okay. Well, she said someone killed her but she won't give me the name. She says she can't."
"That's common. But it's okay." He turns to face the ghost. "We're going to help work out what's keeping you here," he promises her.
"I thought you couldn't communicate with ghosts?"
"I can't, but they can hear and understand me," he explains. "What's her name?"
"Denise."
"We're going to help in any way we can, Denise," Mathias promises. "We'll be back when we have information for you."
"Tell him thank you," Denise says to me.
"She says thanks," I repeat.
"You're welcome," he says. "But we should go and check on the others and see if they've found out anything useful."
"Do you think they have?" I ask.
"No idea. But there's only one way to find out."
He isn't wrong about that. I'm still not sure exactly how all of this works, or what we're supposed to do next, but with the other three reapers here to help me through the process, I'm positive I'll be just fine.
Chapter Ten
"Are we really going to the library?" I ask as we approach the familiar beige building. I've spent a lot of time within these walls over the years, and it's strange to think this is where reaper business is taking us.
"Of course. They have access to all the records we need," Mathias responds.
"I just assumed there'd be some kind of reaper system for this."
"Except we're not dealing with the ghosts of reapers, they're humans. The best place to find information about them is on the human-built systems."
"When you say it like that, it makes a lot of sense," I admit. "Though it's still a little bit disappointing."
"Juliet and Tobias' job is even less glamorous," he assures me.
"Are you trying to tell me that there isn't any magic involved in this?"
Mathias chuckles. "Talking to ghosts doesn't count as magic?"
"Oh. I hadn't considered that. I guess I've always been able to do it so I've never thought of it as particularly magical."
The lack of magic does seem to make carrying around the heavy scythe somewhat useless. Though I'm guessing not all of the problems discovered by reapers include this much work. I'm sure most situations are like the one with Agatha where it's as simple as talking to the ghost and doing what they need straight away so they can move on. There's probably a bit more magic in those situations than in this one.
