[Aurelia waits patiently, keeping a watchful eye on Ishmael. The violent spasms what she’d hoped to avoid by playing along with the spirit. Unpleasantness all around to observe, but she watches until Ishmael speaks up, and then relaxes and reaches down to offer her a hand up. Seemingly indifferent to her own injuries, the collection of stab wounds across her arms and shoulders visibly healing themselves, though rather slowly.

What happened is the easier of the two questions and Aurelia addresses it in a carefully neutral tone.]

The House gave you a possessed costume. The ghost of a maid. It grew violent when I called it out, and attacked me when I removed it’s influence from your mind. Are you feeling injured? It put quite some stress on you.