"Had to put together a soul bottle to handle a body-jumping spirit once," Claudia said, shuddering a little. "I'd almost pity Alice if she weren't a total psychopath."

She didn't like anyone who went after her people, though. And she doesn't really regret locking her away for hopefully all eternity.

"I know that the psyche can exist independently of a physical body, and under certain circumstances even after death, and interact with us on certain levels, so if that's what you mean by ghosts, I guess."