The Sentinels no business but gold

"Don't worry, friend, I am not going to put a charm on you or drag you anywhere," Wraen teased, when she saw that the young man had grown a little suspicious of her. She knew then that she had shared a tad bit too much - as she usually did - and a proof that old habits die hard or are nearly impossible to kill.

"Ghost season - well, it depends, what you believe in, but right after the fall equinox - that is a smart way of saying that the days are getting shorter and hours of darkness longer - spirits of the dead are allowed to leave the underworld realm they live in and visit the living, who they have left behind," she explained.

"Some leave food out for them to feast on during the night, but more often people reminisce about the loved ones, who have been claimed by Death. Because leaving food out is not wise. Some with other religion might consider it a free meal and not feel eternal damnation from the ghosts they have cheated," she added for a comic relief.

"And then, when the daylight gradually takes over the night hours, the spirits return to their present home again," she finished.