(she offers Mary a kind smile, and nods. though she'd rather meet more living people in the city... who was she to deny encounters with the dearly departed? she leans back, picking at the hard hay before speaking up.)

As long as the children don't ask us to play hide and seek with them, I wouldn't mind meeting a ghost or two.

(tapping a long piece of hay against the corner of her chin.)

Or the jilted lover, granted she's doesn't try to throw us off a cliff. (a pause) On second thought... maybe playing hide and seek with the ghost children isn't so bad if I don't have to meet the lover?