There should have been nothing wrong with how he prepared the Resurrection Lettuce. Heath was certain of that. After all, Giratina had said that the reason Heath had failed was that he had served the wrong customers. Resurrection Lettuce only had that name because it possessed the special ability to send ghosts on to their next life, which was also why it appeared so widely throughout Lavender Town.
"But in that case, why hasn't Ralts been sent on?" Heath looked curiously at Ralts, who was watching him cook with wide eyes. But because Ralts was so short, Heath could only occasionally glimpse those eyes beneath Ralts's hair. Come to think of it, the sight really was rather unsettling. In a different setting, with the lighting adjusted and a waterphone brought out to play, the scene's horror factor would probably shoot straight up.
After all, imagine shining a flashlight into pitch darkness and suddenly illuminating a pair of eyes looking up at you. Someone with a weak heart might even be frightened out of their mind.
All one could say was that whether something was scary sometimes depended on a lot of things. For example, when watching Ju-on: The Grudge, keeping the sound off and playing songs like "Good Luck Is Coming" or "The God of Wealth Arrives" would instantly make it much less frightening. That was why horror movies were often scarier in a theater: there was no way to turn off the sound.
Of course, aside from those unorthodox tricks, the most tried-and-true method was still to close your eyes and plug your ears. With that ultimate technique mastered, there was absolutely nothing to fear.
But in Heath's opinion, the scariest way to watch a horror movie was alone at home in the dead of night, with the lights