"There's no harm in looking for something useful then, it sounds like." It might be something with a personal connection to anyone he knows, but that doesn't mean those items can't gain a connection somehow. Maybe something there could be useful to somehow he knows, too, even if it's not for him.
"I know about the sharing of memories. Do things like the ghosts happen often here?"
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"I know about the sharing of memories. Do things like the ghosts happen often here?"