Tired of Talking to Ghosts

Amanda: Well, and Jen, that cleans, she said that, uh, the tv [in the basement at Herm’s] just like, randomly turned on. Gette: Oh! [leaning forward] We asked her about it that night [cf. “The Children See Ghosts”] when she came into clean when we were all done. [I] was like, “Hey did you know there’s a ghost?” and she’s [Jen] like, “I don’t wanna talk about it” [laughter] Do you remember? [Gette looked over to me for recognition]. Mira: Oh do you remember what she said about her little girl? Gette: Yeah her little girl said that she’s sick of talking to ghosts or something like that? Mira: Yeah, she has a five-year-old daughter and, her name…it’s like Ada, right? Gette: Yeah. Mira: And Ada came up to Jen one day, and was like, “Mommy I’m just tired of talking to the ghosts.” [long pause, then laughter] Amanda: What the fuck! [laughter] Gette: Well think about it, little kids, like see things because they believe it because they had like better imagination, like the older you get, the more you’re like, “No I didn’t see that.” Steve: See like I’m not sure that’s the- I think of it the opposite, like they’re still fresh. They haven’t been tainted by the world yet and how we’re supposed to view everything that they still can see what’s there. Gette: Like they see it the way it’s supposed to be seen? Instead of the way we think it should look like? Steve: They haven’t disconnected from like the reality of it. They’re just taking it in as it comes instead of being like, “No I’m not seeing that ‘cause it’s not real.” Gette: Yeah, they believe it...because they’re so young. Mira: Gette do you believe in ghosts? Gette: [hesitating] Yeah...I don’t know if I believe in full figures of ghosts, but I know that I’ve seen some shit that freaked me out