[ As colorful as that description is, it does sound accurate. Mordred's incredulity puts Gray in a fluster, and she scrambles for an answer that isn't a lie but doesn't give away too much either. ]

Ah, well, he was like a guardian figure of sorts in the village cemetery, so I was always curious to know more about him...

[ How he was in life rather than how he is as a pseudo-personality or jumbled up spirit. ]