Xie Lian made and aborted reach for the talisman, stopping with a slight grimace as it caught on fire. Really, he could have just dusted it off to make use of later...

He sighed and straightened up, smoothing the frown off his face

"I'm sorry if I've offended you, but ghosts can be quite solid where in my experience, as long as they're powerful enough. They can even breathe, even though they don't have to."

He quickly pushed down thoughts of one particular such ghost. Now was hardly the time.