"Right, you need to bring me flowers and I need to wear smaller knickers," he said, nudging her with his shoulder. He could see why a family with a daughter who could see ghosts might move around a bit. It had to be hard on a kid to have that happen. He wondered if how friendly Coraline was had anything to do with that.

"I traveled Europe when I was younger," Aidan admitted. Back in World War I and II, mostly, but that was awkward to discuss. "But I've spent most of my life in Boston."