I wanted to hear her better.

[ lucy was compromised and she shifts awkwardly like he'll be able to read it on her face that she was being very strange about the source. it's not her fault she's a good listener! ]

Running water is usually a deterrent for ghosts, George said one time he turned on a hose and stood behind it and the spectre left him alone.

[ so theoretically she would have been "safe", aside from the risk of drowning, because annabel ward definitely probably couldn't form and ghost-lock her in the tub. maybe. ]