"Oh." What else can be said? Simon feels too many emotions as it is: anger at his situation but elation at being seen, frustration and grief for the life he lost. There's too much to process right now. He's drowning in it all.

Still, he tries to smile, for Sirius' sake. "I'm beginning to think all those horror movies about ghosts and hauntings got it all a bit wrong. I can't even--"

Simon's voice is suddenly cut off as his ghost winks out of sight. He returns a few seconds later, fuzzier and fainter than before.

"This is exhausting."