[ Trust her buddy, it's a compliment.
Mayou shrugs off Joshua's hand without comment but takes the hint to settle down a little, restraining herself to very focused scrutiny instead. It's... not much better. She can get a little bit intense about these kinds of things, to put it very, very mildly. ]

Interesting. Not a spirit, then. At least not in the classical sense.

[ Parasitic (or commensalistic?), trans-dimensional, and who knows what else. Fascinating.
Mayou subsides - turning over the interesting information he's neatly dropped in her proverbial lap with a thoughtful furrow in her brow. ]

I take it you've been here for some time to know that much. How long?