As Mabel walked in and closed the door to the archive room behind her, she walked over to Dipper and took a glance at what he was holding. The newspaper clipping revealed the truth about Jeremy.
"Jeremy, this can't be true, is it!?" asked Mabel.
"IT WAS AN ACCIDENT!" yelled Jeremy.
Norman was the only one to hear him yell in panic.
"Jeremy, just tell us! What happened that day!" asked Norman calmly.
"When I died and became a ghost, the boys always used that subway stop to go to and from home and school. I used to make strange things happen in the terminal," said Jeremy.
Norman sat down at the table as he listened to Jeremy speak. Dipper and Mabel did the same, just listening for Norman's replies.
"I would cause lights to flash off and on, and sometimes I would cause the speaker system to make strange sounds. One day, I guess…I sort of, went too far," said Jeremy as he was choking back tears. "They got really scared and they fell onto the track. They couldn't get out in time, so…"
Jeremy burst into tears, sobbing uncontrollably as he turned his back towards Norman. Norman sighed, almost in tears himself, thinking about how painful and horrifying it had to be to endure such a tragedy.
"So…you watched them die," said Norman.
"I wanted to get back at them, but not like this. I'm sorry…." said Jeremy as he talked through his tears.
"We're not at all much different. When people hurt us, we feel like we have to do something about it, maybe even hurt them back. But, Jeremy, you've learned the hard way, doing that solves nothing. I'm sorry about what happened, but we can make this right," said Norman.
Jeremy continued to cry, but not as hard as he did originally.
Dipper and Mabel jumped back in shock. They weren't expecting Norman to speak suddenly as he was trying to get the whole story from Jeremy.
"Wha…what did you just say, Norman!?" said Dipper.
"Just a sec, Dipper," whispered Norman. "Jeremy? Why are you still a ghost though? What is it that you have to do first…what is it that you're not telling us…maybe we can help you!"
"My parents are still angry. I feel like I cost them their jobs and their destiny. They are holding a lot of un-forgiveness for the parents of the boys who were bullying me," said Jeremy.
"How did you die?" asked Norman.
"Well…a long time ago, those same guys were pushing me. I guess I didn't see where I was going and everything was moving so fast. They pushed me against a wall and I hit my head," said Jeremy. "When my parents confronted their parents, they denied it, but other kids said they saw what happened. No charges were filed. An election was coming up and a lot of threats started coming in to my parents from their parents."
"So, you took revenge on them in a way," said Norman. "That's why you did what you did at the subway."
"Yeah," said Jeremy with his head down.
"I know what you're thinking, and it won't work. My parents and their parents passed away a long time ago. My cousin, Wiley Falls, is the only living member of my family in Gravity Falls," said Jeremy.
"What if we talk to him, where does he stay," asked Norman as he turned his head to Dipper and Mabel.
"I got the address right here. We can go talk to him right now," said Mabel.
"OK, let's do it," said Dipper as he jumped out of his chair, following Mabel behind the door. Norman was still sitting down as Dipper was just about to walk out. As he cracked the door open slightly while following Mabel, he turned over to Norman.
"You coming dude!?" asked Dipper.
Norman sat silently, almost as if he was still listening to Jeremy. A tear was rolling down his eye.
"You okay, Norman?" asked Dipper.
Norman sighed as he wiped his eye with his sleeve jacket.
"Yeah…I'm, I'm fine, let's go," said Norman as he stood up and walked out the door. Dipper closed the door and walked behind Norman and Mabel. They walked out of city hall and headed towards the location of city councilmen Wiley Falls.