Luthor's Cricket part 25
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Both Lex and Phantom watched as Mercy processed Phantom's retelling of his life for the second time in as many hours.
“So, all of that, and you could have turned back alive from the start?” Mercy asked incredulously.
“Not really? I had to weaken the binding for the ‘see no ghost, hear no ghost’ bit.”
“What about the touching objects binding?” Lex asked. “You threw my toaster on the second day.”
“Was it really yours if it never left the box?” Phantom deflected.
“Phantom.” Lex groaned.
The young man huffed in protest. “That was the weakest binding since only a few ghosts can move physical objects. Whispers and ghost orbs are more common.”
“Good to know Mr. Warden did his due diligence.” Mercy blithely stated.
“He really did, any other ghost would be in a pickle.” Phantom agreed, ignoring her tone.
“And the summoning chose you?” Mercy asked.
“Pffft. NAH. It really was just a pspsspst ‘Hey free candy here’ through an open portal.” Phantom laughed.
“And you just WENT?” She exclaimed.
Lex did not hide his chuckle at her blatant offense that a supposedly powerful ghost got kidnapped, windowless van with ‘free candy and puppies’ painted on the side style.
Phantom chuckling along with Lex for a different reason, “Well, ya. It's not like anything could actually happen to me. Already dead and pretty much one of the top dogs of the afterlife!”
Both Lex and Mercy stared at the young man.
“What?” Phantom asked, tilting his head like a confused puppy.
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