[Wow. Definitely not the reaction he had been expecting - it would have been funnier to get more of a rise out of the man!

Putting the drinking aside - it’s not like Hanako has tried too much of that - and addressing the other problems…]

Yeah, you see, that’s the problem. I’ve been dead for quite a while - not here mind you! - and I feel normal too. Something about this place, maybe, and whoever’s Boundary it might be…

[Hanako trails off for a few moments, deep in thought, then shrugs.]

Whether you believe me is up to you! It’ll do you more good to accept the truth on your own terms. [However blunt it might be.]