[ Let him have hope. Regardless of why's she's doing it she's still talking to him. ]

Are you trying to tell me this is some kind of ghost story?

[ It sounds like it. Look he's seen shinigami but. . .he'll have to try and wrap his head around energy-eating monsters. No, they're probably aliens. Let's not get caught up in the supernatural just because they're all in the future. ]

Something like the appearance of the very first people brought here to this ship?