Tsuchi did not need telling that Takeo was being quite joyous. This seemed to mean that he was no longer annoyed by Oubai. And now he felt relieved. He had been quite worried that grudge would last for weeks.

He had no time to think of anything else. He leaned over the police tape and watched his friend stoop and walk right through it. The threshold seemed to pulse a little. An curious look spread across his face. He dared not peek into it. He tried telling his brain it was nothing, then he asked it if ghosts existed and was told no.

He chomped at the opinion he was dying to share. "Creepy place. Should relocate your dungeon here, yeah."