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Because it is forbidden?

I did it.

You're scared.

Yeah I am.

I thought you wanted to be someone else.

How are you?

You're sure the spirit isn't there,

anymore?

Yes.

She vomited this ectoplasm

and left.

And the ectoplasm lingered for a minute,

or less and then also disappeared.

Do you have an idea of what she wanted?

She was really angry. Very violent.

Maybe she had a score to settle.

I think she was lost.

I don't think she wants to come back.

I don't think she'll be there again.

And what about Lewis?

It's been 95 days.

Jrme and Cassandre

are getting the bigger house.

Good.

You know, Lewis really loved them

so that's...

perfect.

What about you?

What'll you do with the money?

Nothing.

Nothing.

I don't know.

I'm not sure I can buy something else.

I'm not confident enough

about the future.

I feel you.

I don't think you understand.

I definitely understand. Trust me.

I met someone.

You met some..., like you...

Oh!

Look,

You must've known them before.

Well, kind of...

A friend of a friend.

After Lewis died, he reached out to me,

and we grew closer.

You're shocked.

No. Good. I think it's...

I was expecting it but like, of course.

I'll always love Lewis,

but I can't spend my life in mourning.

I'm not interested in mourning,

Like suffering in pain,

I've had enough.

I think now I want life.

The other day, you said

Victor Hugo actu... you know, you said

that he communicated with spirits...

What did you mean by that?

Like actually talked to them?

When he was exiled in Jersey,

he turned tables.

Like he conversed with famous

historical figures like,

even biblical ones.

It's pretty out there.

How?

How?

I don't really know.

I mean literally.

Like verbally or with an alphabet?

No, no, not the alphabet. They tried,

but the spirit refused.

So what did he do?

With a pedestal table.

The leg would tap on the floor like,

once for "yes", twice for "no".

Like one for "A", two for "B"

and so on like,

26 for "Z".

That would take an unbelievable

amount of time.

Yeah. There were pages and pages

of transcriptions.

Well, that's gotta be bullshit.

- That's invented.

- Ah, no, no, no.

- There's no way that happened.

- No he really believed it.

It was not intended for publication.

So, why invent it?

I think whoever did the transcripts

must have adapted them,

filled in the gaps.

So, like stenography?

Kind of.

Yeah, that's a good analogy.

But if you're interested,

there's a TV movie from the sixties

that depicts the seance.

It's really tacky, but seems accurate.

I'll find the title for you,

but if you type in like:

"Hugo+Jersey+Turning Tables"

on YouTube, you will find it.

Crazy dog, aren't you?

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