[hey, short and sweet answer at first, fair enough. the explanation gives him a moment to process before he finds himself nodding easily enough.]

That sounds really quiet. [kind of spookily quiet, if he's honest, but he's also gotten used to the general noise of spiritual life around him.] I guess that is what it's like though. I never thought of it like that.

I think I get it better now, why people are so scared of spirits. They're in places that are supposed to be quiet and safe. [that actually does settle some odd, old confusions he had about all that.]