[ This may be the first time in Gray's life that she's been told to her "face" that someone doesn't believe in ghosts, and it momentarily takes her aback. She's seen such claims in movies, so she knew non-believers existed, but it's different to meet one in person. ]
Robbers... um, I suppose so, but the cemetery I watched over didn't have much to steal.
Well... I know they talk about spirits and stuff in the Bible, but I never saw one, so I figured it was just a metaphor or whatever. People make up things like that so their kids listen to 'em all the time.
[ and what is church if not a big organized parent trying to discipline its rowdy children?! of course, his feelings are a little more complicated nowadays. ]
[ As someone who doesn't really believe in God despite being reasonably familiar with the Bible and also magic, she supposes she doesn't have much room to question him. It really is hard to believe what you can't see.
... Oh. She realizes belatedly that he knows what the Bible is. She'd briefly taken it for granted that everyone would know. ]
Mr. Johnny, are you from Earth too? Most Londoners believe in ghosts even if they don't interact with them directly, so I thought... Um, where are you from?
[ a mild flicker of surprise at his being from Earth being questioned. It's such a strange thing to have to clarify - he's still not used to it. ]
Yeah, I'm from America. Kentucky, specifically. [ as she may have been able to guess from his accent. ] I lived in England for a little while when I was a kid, though.
[ She... has no clue where Kentucky is in the U.S., but she can at least point to the country itself. She gets another blip of surprise when he mentions having been in England. ]
I didn't know you were so well-traveled...
[ He's literally only named two places on Earth, but the U.S. seemed like it was on the other side of the world. Very exotic. ]
I've never been to the States, but I've seen some films. It seems like an exciting place.
[ She says this with a touch of happiness, mostly because all the strange movies she was made to watch are finally paying off. ]
[ is two countries well-traveled?! Johnny is a little puzzled by that, too, but he doesn't push it. Techncially, he's been to a ton of different states now, so maybe it's true. Even if she doesn't know that. He's heard English people don't move around very much, so maybe even going between the two continents is impressive to her. ]
"Exciting" is one word for it, I guess... What's a film?
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... Well, maybe I believe in 'em now. [ he kind of has to. ] Isn't gravekeeping more about chasing away robbers than spirits?
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Robbers... um, I suppose so, but the cemetery I watched over didn't have much to steal.
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Why didn't you believe in ghosts?
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[ and what is church if not a big organized parent trying to discipline its rowdy children?! of course, his feelings are a little more complicated nowadays. ]
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... Oh. She realizes belatedly that he knows what the Bible is. She'd briefly taken it for granted that everyone would know. ]
Mr. Johnny, are you from Earth too? Most Londoners believe in ghosts even if they don't interact with them directly, so I thought... Um, where are you from?
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Yeah, I'm from America. Kentucky, specifically. [ as she may have been able to guess from his accent. ] I lived in England for a little while when I was a kid, though.
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I didn't know you were so well-traveled...
[ He's literally only named two places on Earth, but the U.S. seemed like it was on the other side of the world. Very exotic. ]
I've never been to the States, but I've seen some films. It seems like an exciting place.
[ She says this with a touch of happiness, mostly because all the strange movies she was made to watch are finally paying off. ]
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"Exciting" is one word for it, I guess... What's a film?
[ oh boy ]