Death.
It was a topic that Persy had been interested in for some time, and one upon which very little of use had been published. Indeed, there was no consensus of understanding as to why one person might become a ghost but ten more disappear with their bodies beneath the ground—or if there was, the Unspeakables were quite happy to keep it to themselves.
"I cannot imagine, if she had told, we would not have heard about it—my father, my brother, you, all aurors. How could it not have reached one of your ears?"
And there it was. Persy realized her disbelief was not based on the fact that Thomasin would never tell, but in the fact that, if she had, they would know about it by now. The pull of a lever, and here Persephone was with a new outlook on one of her oldest friends.
It was a topic that Persy had been interested in for some time, and one upon which very little of use had been published. Indeed, there was no consensus of understanding as to why one person might become a ghost but ten more disappear with their bodies beneath the ground—or if there was, the Unspeakables were quite happy to keep it to themselves.
"I cannot imagine, if she had told, we would not have heard about it—my father, my brother, you, all aurors. How could it not have reached one of your ears?"
And there it was. Persy realized her disbelief was not based on the fact that Thomasin would never tell, but in the fact that, if she had, they would know about it by now. The pull of a lever, and here Persephone was with a new outlook on one of her oldest friends.

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