Yes, I've heard chains rattling and felt as though I were being watched when I was completely alone. [She says it softly, frowning, not wanting to let on how unnerved she's found these hauntings. Best to focus on the goal ahead rather than worrying about something like that.

So instead of dwelling on it, she quickens her pace and changes the subject.]

I wonder whether what happened to us is related to the murders. One of the primary theories regarding the white string on the victims' wrists relates to a siren, and that those guards seemed to think that forcing us to stand in water would produce some effect. Sirens are water creatures, after all. [It may be a bit of a tenuous connection, but it does seem worth considering.]