#answer for those that couldn't spot the owl: middle left

[ask-richard-jackdaw]

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Dear Ghost Journal,

A curious thing happened to me today that might require quite a bit of explaining. A couple of years ago I met a 5th-year student who could see the traces of Ancient Magic. How fun is that! Upon asking them to elaborate they took me to the so-called hotspots, curious if a ghost can see or sense a high concentration of such magic. I, unfortunately, could not see anything. But sense? Something was there for sure, even if I couldn't grasp it.

Yesterday I found myself at the exact same spot again, reminiscing about not being able to do simple things like answering owls without the help of my Scribe. It was one of those days when melancholy really strikes yo I decided to poke around the area. Well, poke through, really: I felt my hands pass through something but I could not understand what exactly. After all, it is not like I can really feel since I am not physically in this world anymore. It was an inexplicable sensation. I might have... been jabbing the air with my hands for quite a while there, I only got back to the castle when the sun started rising.

To my confusion, the room I usually hide in had been accessed by somebody else. How do I know that? They left a peanut in the middle of my table! For some reason this mysterious legume did not sit right with me, not after a night of thinking about things I generally try to avoid. In my frustration I absentmindedly tried to flick the peanut (you know, mechanical human reflexes, they stay with you even in such unfortunate conditions as mine). To my surprise, my finger connected with said peanut! I flicked the peanut!

You may not believe me, dear reader. I had a hard time believing my own eyes! But after what Mr. Sallow (er, the older one) went through with being both a ghost and a human — I believe that anything is possible! I am writing this with my own hand on a regular paper holding a quill! I shall be back to the source of magic later to see if there is more that can be done!

However, I do feel really tired for no reason... I wonder how long this will last.