[Kankri gives a resigned little sigh and a wry smile.]

I'm learning that, as I get older.

[He starts walking that way, and as he walks more little differences between him and Sal become apparent in little things like his stride and how straight he stands.]

I've been perfectly well. A few weeks ago, I had a terrible cold and lost my voice for a day or so. I'm good as new now, but it was unfortunate that I had to take a day off of work while I was contagious.

My division has received reports of unsettled ghosts in the castle recently, and decided to send someone to investigate and perhaps conduct interviews of the has-beens - since that is the term that some prefer to be called - in question. You wouldn't happen to have heard of any disturbances, would you? While the influence that spirits can exert over the living world is actually quite minimal - much less than that of poltergeists, for instance - it is owed to them out of respect for the witches and wizards that they once were that we do what we can to appease them when they become unsettled.