"That's what I said," David said seriously. It was okay, he was used to incredulity and reactions like the one she'd had. Laughing was to be expected, after all, even before all this happened, statistically speaking only one-third of the American population believed in ghosts and spirits. David wasn't sure whether current circumstances would improve or worsen that statistic, but whatever it was, it was certainly happening.
She asked him if he was serious and he shrugged a shoulder. "Quite serious, yes," he nodded his head, turning his head to look up the stairs. He was wasting time explaining when there was sign of activity just up these stairs. If she wasn't a believer? Well, that was okay. But David wasn't going to sit there and argue about it when he could be researching exactly what had made his detector tick. Still, she wasn't leaving, and she was looking at him expectantly, like she thought he would go into further detail. If she was going to tease him or talk down to him, why would he want to? But, conversation was kind of at a premium, and David wasn't sure he was willing to turn away someone who seemed willing to listen.
"Are you kidding me?" David asked incredulously, suddenly confident now that they'd passed into his area of expertise. "Of course there's spirit activity here. It's the Statue of Liberty! One of the most historical things in the US… why wouldn't there be spirits here? Just now, before you got here, my EMF detector ticked. And I'm only a little way up the stairs. I'm headed to the crown."
He paused when she asked him about doing this for a living and he shrugged. "A living? No. Right now, my idea of a living is more staying indoors and away from those things," he added. This was the first time he'd been out of the safehouse in ages, after all. "But I needed to to something other than sit in the safehouse."