That would be worse. What sort of idiot would do that?

"Eating the peanut butter that baited the trap that killed it?" She nudges some boards aside with her toe, grimacing. "If ghosts and spiders did leave ghosts, they wouldn't be very big." And thus, definitely not scary enough to make Shaun happy. "But I think there's a certain level of sentience necessary to have unfinished business. Hmm."

She looks over at him, tilting her head pensively. "Think I can get interviews with the school ghosts? Coupled with some research, could make for an interesting article."