"I have been waiting a long time, Walker, hoping you would come," the ghost before him whispered.

Ghosts whispered in my sleep as they did tonight.

Ghosts from his childhood whispered to him while he waited for the outer door to open.

"Go now," the Ghost whispered, gently pushing me toward my daughter.

But ghosts of the past whispered the other morning when the schoolchildren walked around those buildings in a silent parade.

"Say anything other than the words from the sacred texts and I will slit your throat," the ghost whispered.

"Huma," the ghost whispered, "why must you, of all people, continue to have faith in me?"

A hundred and fifty meters passed, and a ghost whispered in his ear.

The ghost of evils past whispered, "I found them."

Their ghosts whispered to her as she swayed a bit, staring down at the spiraling decks below.