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Do we know someone in common?

[And now he realises. Well, time to try and salvage the conversation before it becomes obvious that he didn't know that she didn't know.]

Hal Yorke and Tom McNair, for the most part.

[A brief pause]

I don't know anyone named Hal but I do know Tom. Are you friends with him?

Apparently, yes. You don't know Hal?

No, sorry.

It's possible he was using a different name. The vampire you and Tom were living with.

Oh, no, I'm sorry, you must have me mixed up with-

Did you just say vampire?

You're not telling me you were a ghost in a house with a vampire without knowing they exist.

Of course I know they exist!

But that doesn't mean everyone does!

Let's just say the last sixty-odd years would have been quite confusing if I didn't.

Oh.

Well.

It's nice to meet you, then.

So you were living with him, then.

Tom?

No, I'm not living with Tom.

No, Hal. I don't care about Tom. [And Cutler's frustrated enough now that that was a little bit too sincere. He mentally backs up a step.]

I mean, whether you were living with Tom or not isn't the important part.

I'm not living with any vampire named Hal.

[Sarcastic] And I suppose you weren't living with the War Child either.

Yes, you would suppose correctly.

[Please hold for a few seconds while Cutler checks just to make sure he has the right number]

[Okay right]

What's the last thing you remember before you woke up here?

[SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO ANSWER THAT-

Well, at least not honestly.]

Mitchell and I were going to Wales.

You were living with John Mitchell?

Well, yes, that's why I was going to Wales with-

I'm sorry, why do you need to know all this?

I'm just trying to place you. I've heard a lot about you, you know.

You have?

It sounds like you're the go-to ghost for keeping vampires on the straight and narrow.

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