"Pretty smart choices for the first things to do yeah. Hopefully, your arrival wasn't too difficult."

She knew that some months of the transformation were a bit easier than others, and then that there were times when it was lucky for any of them to make it at all with the challenges that were posted.

"For good reason, there are ghosts that will haunt people, or there were last year. So dressing up will confuse and keep them away I guess."