After Heath tried several different approaches, Gengar finally believed that Ms. Lori had not yet gone to the Distortion World and was right behind it. Heath then became a go-between, helping Ms. Lori and Gengar communicate. Strictly speaking, though, he was relaying Ms. Lori's words to Gengar, since Gengar could not hear her, but she could hear it. That saved Heath some effort, which he was quite pleased about. His stint as a go-between lasted over twenty minutes before it finally ended.
"...Honestly, when I died, I really never imagined there would be another world. And according to that very stern-looking Dusknoir, League public servants like me who die in the line of duty get a seven-day leave to linger in the world of the living. I never expected to happen across someone who could communicate with me, Heath." Ms. Lori sat on Heath's table, barefoot, with no shoes on. She looked less like a middle-aged woman and more like a young girl. Heath sat quietly beside her, watching her.
Come to think of it, most people had a hidden self, something that could also be called their true self. That self was more distinctive, followed its own heart completely, and did not need to worry about too many things. Yet surviving in society forced people to put on a mask, so sometimes taking that mask off and being themselves again was no easy thing. Ms. Lori, for instance, probably wanted to maintain her imposing presence and put more pressure on criminals, so even when she came for a meal, she always looked extremely stern, never relaxed at all. Heath now understood why she had acted the way she had earlier. She had thought no one could see her, so she had not cared, only to be caught out by