"To try and keep hiding from the government, the parents are going to cut a deal with a witch. Magic is powerful in this world, especially blood magic."

In the memory, the dinner draws to a close. The family dynamics start to becomes clear. The eldest two children - Dan and his similarly-aged sister - are playing as much a role as parents as the actual parents, the two of them occupying their younger siblings, cleaning them up, directing and encouraging them with chores, carrying the youngest two on their hips.

"For the record," the Ghost says, "Dan won't tell you about this. Dan will lie about this, and anything else, right to your face and think nothing of it."