[ His eye twitches and he stares her down. Can she hear the tapping or is it in his own mind? It's that or a trick from the ghosts. ]

What they want. [ He's less interested in helping, if only because he's never succeeded at chasing them away. ] Of course it's something, but that doesn't mean we can help. We'd have just as much luck burning down the lighthouse to see if that frees them.