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- Does he miss flying?

- I do.

- He says he does.

- Wasn't he scared?

We weren't allowed to be afraid.

- He said a little.

- No, I didn't.

It was implied.

Do you ever get to meet famous ghosts,

like Ben Franklin,

or Napoleon or anything?

We haven't met any other ghosts yet.

Maybe you should take out a personal.

- He says he likes yourjacket.

- No, I didn't.

Thank you, Hiroshi.

He says he thinks you look really nice.

I still don't know

why she's dressed like a boy.

He's very complimentary.

He's a friendly ghost.

- Enoch, we should get back home.

- Why?

- Why what?

- He thinks we should go.

- Am I boring him?

- No.

Tell her no.

He just wants to play Battleship.

So what if I do?

Is he any good?

I haven't beat him yet.

Payback for Nagasaki, huh?

What did she say about Nagasaki?

Nothing.

Nothing what? What'd I say?

Is Annie here?

I'm Elizabeth. I'm Annabel's sister.

You must be Enoch.

Must be.

Come on in.

She around?

Yeah, she's downstairs.

I'll tell her you're here.

Annie! Your boyfriend's here!

Not my boyfriend. I'll be right up.

- Sit down.

- I'm okay.

Have a seat.

So, I hear you two met at a funeral?

Memorial service.

I'm sorry for your loss.

It's okay. I didn't know him or whatever.

- Know who?

- The kid who died.

So how are you two getting around?

We're gonna take the bus.

Nothing like public transportation

to set the mood, right?

"The mood"?

No mood, no mood. Just forget I said it.

So you don't have a car?

No, I don't really care for them.

Why's that?

It's a long story.

Cars are very dangerous.

Annabel tells me you talk to a ghost.

- She told you that?

- She did.

- It's kind of a joke.

- "Kind of"?

I'm a good kid.

Where do you go to school, Enoch?

I sort of don't.

Why is that?

Well, frankly, Elizabeth,

it's kind of another long story.

So, let's just say it was a misunderstanding.

Okay, so I have this all straight.

You're a funeral-crashing dropout

with no car

and a dead friend.

Sounds pretty not-so-good

when you say it all together like that.

Wow.

- Hey.

- Hey.

- Hey, Annabel.

- Hey, Laura.

Where are we going?

It's a surprise.

This place is amazing.

I wonder who's in there.

That.

That's Skinny Jimmy Two Socks.

Got hit by a runaway go-cart.

Terrible tragedy.

What about there?

That's Old Lady Wellbether.

She got devoured by a great white shark.

How about that one?

That's a sad one.

That's Nicky "The Richter Scale" Johnson.

Got mauled to death by a wild ape.

Oh, man.

What about there?

Excuse me. Can I help you?

No, we're just browsing. Thanks.

- Hi, I'm Annabel.

- You kids aren't supposed to be in here.

- Hey, my girlfriend was just trying to...

- What? Lan, call security.

Is this some sort of a joke?

Do you bring all your dates here?

No. We were just curious.

What's your problem?

"Curious"? My problem

is you're in my morgue.

Could you show some respect, please?

- Annabel?

- You know these kids?

Just the girl here. She's a Webber kid.

A patient in the Webber building.

She looks pretty happy, right?

Yeah, she does.

- Hey, Joseph.

- Hey, Annie.

You still owe me a Snickers bar.

Yeah. I still think you tricked me, though.

- That was the point.

- I suppose it was.

What do you say you kids go on home now?

Yes, sir.

I'm Annabel.

- Suzette.

- This is Enoch.

"Webber kids," huh?

That's what they call us?

- Sometimes, yeah.

- You must see a lot of us.

- I am sorry, dear.

- It's fine.

- And if it's not fine, it'll be fine.

- Of course.

Come on, Annie. Come on.

Sorry I got so worked up back there.

It's okay.

I thought it was kind of sweet.

- Really?

- Kind of.

I mean, I know you said I'm not

your boyfriend or whatever, I just felt like...

I think that's what girlfriends do.

We should have cheeseburgers

and milkshakes.

We are.

- No, I mean, at my memorial.

- Yeah.

And tacos and lo mein and Red Vines.

And pizza and fluffernutters.

And everybody can just really pig out.

I mean, that's what people do

when they're upset anyway, right?

Yeah.

And we can just hang out

by the milkshakes the whole time.

Right.

It tickles.

Your arms are ticklish?

They are now, I guess.

I wasn't aware that could happen.

What happened, Enoch, to your parents?

Please?

We were coming back

from visiting my aunt in Seattle.

She won some award for her writing

on African freedom music or something.

I was dozing off in the back.

Cops told me the guy was so drunk

he didn't even remember the accident.

Mom and...

They were dead

before the ambulance showed up.

I was in a coma for three months,

and I guess I was actually dead

for a few minutes.

Is that when you started seeing Hiroshi?

I believe you.

Yeah.

When I woke up,

he was just sitting by my bed.

J... J... J...

- J-9.

- Miss.

I saw a Mitsubishi car today.

So what?

I used to fly a Mitsubishi.

You mean you used to crash a Mitsubishi.

Only once.

A-5.

How do you get my battleship so quickly?

Instinct.

We used to have a Toyota when I was a kid.

Toyota, too?

Yeah. We're cool with you guys now.

"Cool"?

Friends.

F-6?

Miss.

How long does she have? The girl?

- D-4.

- Hit.

I don't know. Still not very long.

Are you having fun with your game?

It's not a game.

You wanna know what I think?

Not really.

I think you've gone too far.

Strangers' funerals are one thing...

Your coordinate.

She's actually gonna die soon.

Your coordinate!

D-3.

Hit.

Everything okay over there?

Yeah. Sorry.

You know, these... Actually, these visits

are just supposed to be family only.

But Annie asked me to come, so...

Hey.

How'd it go?

You know, same old, same old. Still dying.

But still, like, a bit?

They try not to say any more.

At least you got your health.

I feel like I wanna, you know...

I wanna be careful.

- Annie?

- What?

Where are you going?

Home. Dr. Lee said I'm all done.

Are you gonna wait for me?

- Lizzie.

- Yeah?

How old am I?

Okay, I get it, I get it.

Okay, I'll see you later.

- How much later?

- Late.

I don't really love the way that sounds.

Lizzie, it's Halloween. Lighten up.

This night must be weird for you.

Yes. Yes, it is.

Hey, did you guys still do

that seppuku thing in the war?

Seppuku. And no, that was the samurai.

How did that work, exactly?

You would take a small blade

and gut yourself.

Slit across the abdomen

to open your stomach.

Trick or treat!

You know,

you don't have to protect me anymore.

What do you mean?

With Annabel.

I know she's gonna die,

and that's okay.

If you say so.

- What?

- We're here.

How do you know where she lives?

I have a lot of free time.

That's kind of creepy.

I'm a ghost.

Okay, ghost. Happy Halloween.

Happy Halloween.

Boo!

Nice.

- Trick or treat!

- Trick or treat.

- Trick or treat.

- Trick or treat.

What did you get?

How is it possible that you've never been

to a haunted house before?

I don't know, I just haven't.

Not even those lame ones at school

where you have the spaghetti brains

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