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"Poor George. He probably misses you." She was about to go into how people could think things into existence and that George might have become real, but this place is already creepy enough without her adding those thoughts on top of it. So she keeps it to herself. "But anyway now you have me and we can be the best of friends. I'm a good listener too. You learn to observe and listen when people forget you're there most of the time. It's a handy-dandy skill."