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    “I am going to count to ten. I’ll do it a little bit slowly. If you want to help me prove that ghosts are real, I need you to either turn on or off the flashlight every time I say a number, as I say it. Flick the light again if you want to try this with me, please.” The flashlight flicked on.

    “Your little game is never going to work,” Ben said. It never had before.

    “One,” Rey said. Light off. “Two.” Light on. “Three… Ten.”

    It worked. Ten times, off and on, with consistent and particular frequency. No pause after her words; no overlap with them. No stray flicks of the light. She turned to look at Ben and saw him mouth agape, brow furrowed. She was smug as a bug on a rug even as her cold fear lingered around her chest and limbs, tingling in her skin. He turned to meet her eye and frowned at her almost suspiciously, like he was expecting a prank or some dumb shit.

    Rey respected the craft far too much for that.

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