“I didn’t expect anything else. People have such a negative view of them because of what the media has done.” She sighed crossing her arms. “Although I’m a little curious by what you meant ‘usually’.”
“As someone who has explored the catacombs in Paris and London…” Hakuba said a wincing smile and a shudder that he really couldn’t help. “And I’ve… seen things, you understand. I don’t know enough to say that all spectres are particularly malicious– in fact, I rather expect that most are benign, even ambivalent, but the chance that they could be otherwise… and the fact that I don’t have the information necessary to really protect myself in that instance… makes me a little more than wary."
The detective laughed, then, sheepish. "Of course, I’m generally a bit paranoid with just about everyone and everything, anyway, so it may just be par for the course!”