"Why would I joke about something like that?"
"I don't know."
"If you don't believe me," she said, "ask somebody else. Though I should warn you. Popular wisdom has it that only losers ever see him."" - Charles De Lint, The Blue Girl
Imogene, the person narrating, reminds me of people's reactions to the idea of ghosts. In this Maxine and Imogene were discussing the creepy Harry Potter looking guy that Imogene keeps seeing, and then he disappears. Maxine tells her she has been seeing Ghost. No one knows his real name. But he is a ghost. When I say, "Oh my gosh!! I saw a ghost", some non-ghost believers, will be like, "ugh its just your imagination, stop being so paranoid.". Well, this part of the story is similar to when I talk about the supernatural to friends.
Imogene could not tell most people about what was going on in her life. This is similar to the Southern Vampire/ Sookie Stackhouse series. Sookie is a telepahic barmaid in southern Louisiana. She has never out right told anyone of her 'gift'. She hates it. She tries to ignore it until one night in the bar a pale, lone man walks in, and orders a bottle of O Positive. Tru:Blood. Her world changes after that. As does Imogene's when she talks to Ghost. He turns out to have been an outcast, and a little nerdy teen boy named Adrian, died from falling out of the sky, and introduces her to the world of mystery, inside our own. Bill, (the vampire), and others teach Sookie what else is out there. Weres, shifters, fairies, goblins, and more, all inside our little, ignorant society.
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