Charlie didn't look appeased with Percy's statement. On the one hand, he knew it was true, that it was nice to be able to at least talk to him. On the other, it almost felt like Fred was weighing them down. His very presence made it impossible to let him go. All of them were being dragged back into the agony of losing him. "He'll stay the same," Charlie said softly, "The ghosts... they don't change. He'll always be the same Fred."