After the long trip, we finally made it in Louisiana. Since it was both easier and cheaper to travel from one state to another through hitch-hiking, and more difficult to make it to one particular town in a state, we only decided to use public transport as soon as we were far enough from the border. We knew... or rather I knew what town we had to be at, so it wasn't that hard to find any type of public transport that would take us there.

Although, we didn't really arrive in that town. We actually arrived at a neighboring town. From their, we asked directions, and we went on foot for the rest of the way. At long last, we saw a sign, which indicated we had finally arrived.

"'Welcome to St-Francisville'!" I read out loud.

Somebody else had grafitied the sign, but I decided to ignore it.

"This is it!" I said, "Ghosts' capitol city!"

I couldn't have found a worse moment to use sarcasm. Talim seemed to sense something. Something that didn't appear to be something to laugh about.

"You alright?" I asked worriedly.

Talim didn't give a straight answer: "So much anger... so much hate..."

She suddenly seemed to lose balance, and was about to faint. I was able to catch her in time, but she still looked weak.

Never in my life had I panicked as much as I did then: "You okay!"

"I... I've never sensed... so much... before." Talim nearly whispered.

Suddenly believing humor can be a good medicine, I said: "Well, I did tell you that lot's of things happened here, as if something attracted them."

I was about to ask whether she could sense Soul Edge or not, but realized quick enough that this question would be inappropriate.

A stranger who saw us, spoke to us: "You two need some help?"

I did some quick thinking, knowing that I couldn't tell him about Soul Edge, and I probably shouldn't say anything about ghosts either, therefor: "Er... yeah, she isn't exactly used to this temperature. You know a place where she can..."

I didn't finish my sentence, but the stranger had an idea of what I wanted to say: "Sure do!"

He helped me drag her into his own house. The family offered her a bed to lie on, and some water to help her cool off.