Ken said nothing for a long moment, the realization that Dorian was talking about the spirits of the dead rather than the myriad of other spirits his own upbringing had always suggested might exist rendering him silent. His thin hands wrapped around the teacup in front of him and he frowned, thinking about his mother and Shinjiro and Minato. Everyone else that had died during the events four years ago. Finally, he asked, "Do they...want to serve? Do the spirits choose to help you?" The unspoken question of whether or not the mage forced the spirits to obey him was clear in the boy's vivid and restless eyes. The idea troubled him.