Take Down The News

A man's enemies will be the members of his own household.

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"What happens when a ghost possesses a human?" 

"The one possessed would forget, they won't remember an ounce of whatever occurred - but that's just the beginning. The longer the ghost dwells in that body, the weaker the human becomes. The dead and living are not supposed to communicate - that's the basic rule of the universe. 

"However, some ghosts have crossed that threshold. Since they're unliving creatures, they would need energy to go about, which means they need the human's blood to function. By the time the ghosts abandon the body, the human would be on the brink of death, if not dead already. Now, you understand how critical and why you need to stay as far from Scarlett as possible? She's a walking time bomb,"

That comment continued to play in a loop in Jasper's head. He was far away from the land of the living, absorbed deeply in his world of thought.