It doesn’t hurt him to think about it now. In campfire stories, ghosts have many regrets. But in reality regret is a heavy emotion and the ghost is insubstantial. Anytime he tries to hold on to regret, it falls straight through. What the ghost wishes is that Raffi would walk down the basement stairs, so he could tell them that none of this is their fault. That whatever story they’re telling themself is the wrong one. He would tell them it isn’t so bad being dead. He would say, I’m sorry I’ve left you all alone, but you’re going to be okay, and Raffi would shake their head, and they would both
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