Okay, now Angel was...just confused. He was usually confused to some degree or another when talking to people, so that wasn't necessarily new in and of itself, but discussions about vampires and demons and such were often one of the few times he wasn't left feeling vaguely baffled.

It would've been easier to tell himself that Brian was simply out of the loop, but someone that confident in their declarations tended to have a reason to be that way. If Brian had been at this as long as he was implying, it was hard to imagine him having gotten this far without ever being proved wrong.

Which still didn't help things make sense.

"You're concerned about spirits? They don't—they almost never bother anyone. Most of the time, you can't even tell they're there. Or they're just like anyone else. But, you know. Invisible."

Not that spirits couldn't be dangerous; they could. It was simply rare. Given everything else that was out there in the world, spirits were probably the last thing anyone should be concerned about encountering.

Plus, Dennis the ghost made a nice enough housemate, even if he was occasionally overzealous with tossing Wesley the books.