Vampires. [He repeated. That was actually neat.] I always thought, if vampires were real, they'd be a lot like regular people, you know? Some good, some bad. Not 'all of them are evil' or anything.

It must be weird, especially if you're used to everything being- [How did he put it.] -mundane. Or, at least being skeptical about things. My friends freaked out when they found out I was a ghost.

[And he didn't blame them, for the record, even if he'd been telling them--and everyone who would listen--that he was a ghost for as long as he'd known them.

He smiled, weakly.]

Thank you. And that's really nice of you. I'm not sure where I'd even start with questions right now, though.