Yeah. I picked up some fame in the area I'm from. [ he takes a sip of his coffee, then turns his hand again in a little wiggle. ] Until this started taking over. [ his addiction, that is. ] According to gossip I'm makin' a comeback, though. [ his lips quirk back up, amused, as he sets his cup back down. ]

I didn't know parapsychology was that.. big? [ well, no, he knew it was popular with all the ghost tv shows and investigators and the like, but that's all so.. campy. he didn't think there were enough actual academics in it to justify an entire research facility with an archive and everything. ] I guess the ghost encounters thing makes sense, though. If you'd seen a ghost, you'd want to find a way to.. make sense of it..

[ he rubs his thumb over the chapstick print on his mug, wiping it away absently. ] No wonder you're so calm. [ well, that and the.. whatever-it-is shadowed over martin. he has his own story, doesn't he? ]