Believe me, I know. I'm a ghost who had ghost hunters for parents. [ a pause ] I could never tell them the truth, because the risk that they'd stop seeing me as me and only see me as "ectoplasmic scum" in the shape of their son was too high.

But that's just...human nature. It's not going to change. And if it's not going to change, then there's no point in letting it get to you. Or else you just...end up making yourself hurt twice as much.