[He plays the tape once more, just to make sure the facts are straight.
So far Zacharie was right. No one the Batter had run across had lived or stayed alive long enough to speak to. To be fair most were not like him, used to seeing these sights and were simply human. The thought is not formed from a position of arrogance, however, but simply how it was. The Batter was not human and had seen sights that were close to these.
Created them.
So it didn't really provoke a reaction from him. Of course it helped to be nearly emotionless too. But anyway...there were other points. He had experienced an earthquake however long ago and that seemed to signal a change in something. Perhaps a change in whatever plane they were on? So in a way it could just boil down to the Batter and Zacharie getting lucking and winding up in the same place at the same time.
And then there's...children. Ghost children. The idea of purifying a child's soul was no different then an adult's but it was Zacharie's final comment that stuck out more to the Batter then anything else.
"And the more one notices you, the more the rest do."
Was that referring to the children only or all of the spirits here? Well, there's only one way to find out.
Putting the recorder back into his pocket, the Batter will go check out the Custodian's room. It's affixed in place like doors that are just walls tend to do, so he'll turn around and head in a different direction, avoiding the nurse's office.]
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So far Zacharie was right. No one the Batter had run across had lived or stayed alive long enough to speak to. To be fair most were not like him, used to seeing these sights and were simply human. The thought is not formed from a position of arrogance, however, but simply how it was. The Batter was not human and had seen sights that were close to these.
Created them.
So it didn't really provoke a reaction from him. Of course it helped to be nearly emotionless too. But anyway...there were other points. He had experienced an earthquake however long ago and that seemed to signal a change in something. Perhaps a change in whatever plane they were on? So in a way it could just boil down to the Batter and Zacharie getting lucking and winding up in the same place at the same time.
And then there's...children. Ghost children. The idea of purifying a child's soul was no different then an adult's but it was Zacharie's final comment that stuck out more to the Batter then anything else.
"And the more one notices you, the more the rest do."
Was that referring to the children only or all of the spirits here? Well, there's only one way to find out.
Putting the recorder back into his pocket, the Batter will go check out the Custodian's room. It's affixed in place like doors that are just walls tend to do, so he'll turn around and head in a different direction, avoiding the nurse's office.]