"A lot of hunters just pull the plug on whatever body's out there lingering. Usually someone in a coma ward. I try to talk to the spirit, get them to realize that they need to move on."
Dan doesn't sound proud of this; there's a troubled look on his face. He doesn't know if it's kinder or not to force someone to acknowledge that they're dead. He doesn't know if asking someone to walk into the dark is any kinder than shoving them there unwillingly, when all is said and done.
"I only been haunted by one, but I've hunted a few of them. Usually they go peaceful, once you get through to them. I...most of them just want someone to hold them, right at the end, or hold their hand. I like to hope that I'm doing right by them. That's what keeps me in the business, the idea that I might could be doing a better job of it than someone else. If it weren't for me, folks would still hunt ghosts, but..."
Dan shrugs. This is sideways from what they originally came here to talk about, but then again, didn't either of them particularly want to talk about Elle's meltdown.
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Dan doesn't sound proud of this; there's a troubled look on his face. He doesn't know if it's kinder or not to force someone to acknowledge that they're dead. He doesn't know if asking someone to walk into the dark is any kinder than shoving them there unwillingly, when all is said and done.
"I only been haunted by one, but I've hunted a few of them. Usually they go peaceful, once you get through to them. I...most of them just want someone to hold them, right at the end, or hold their hand. I like to hope that I'm doing right by them. That's what keeps me in the business, the idea that I might could be doing a better job of it than someone else. If it weren't for me, folks would still hunt ghosts, but..."
Dan shrugs. This is sideways from what they originally came here to talk about, but then again, didn't either of them particularly want to talk about Elle's meltdown.