OK, Gabe was going to go back out there and figure out how to satisfactorially give a ghost a piece of his mi--ohwait, William was hiding behind the piano stool. It was a more useful hiding place than Gabe might have expected. He ducked a bit, peering to get a better look, and lifted his hands wardingly. "It's just me. Don't brain me with the teacup." He had a bit of a look around (mostly sidelong, because he wasn't a hundred percent trusting of William with throwable objects) and jerked a thumb over his shoulder. "Is he always that annoying?"
Other important questions: was William going to come out, or was Gabe going to have to go in after him? And whose side would the piano fight on?