“Ghosts?” “Revenants, to be explicit,” said Silas. “Those rare and determined spirits who search out the living before they pass, unbidden, by clinging to scraps of their former lives. I was surprised that a woman like Glaurica made the transition. She did not last long.” Her vertebrae did not turn to ice, but it would’ve been a lie to say they didn’t cool down considerably. “Glaurica’s dead?” Silas took an infuriatingly long drink of water. The pallid column of his throat moved. “They died on the way back to their home planet,” he said, wiping his mouth. “Their shuttle exploded. Curious,
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