[He glances at her, mildly surprised by her reply. Although she'd said that magic exists in her world, he hadn't been sure to what extent she'd be aware of anything else, if it existed at all. Not, of course, that the belief in ghosts and being able to see them meant anything; a lot of mundanes believed in them, and they had nothing approaching the Sight, or awareness of warlocks, demons, or anything else.]
Stories with the express aim of putting children off doing something will always have the opposite effect. They'd be better off making up something horrendously dull; no child would want to go near whatever it is then.
action;
[He glances at her, mildly surprised by her reply. Although she'd said that magic exists in her world, he hadn't been sure to what extent she'd be aware of anything else, if it existed at all. Not, of course, that the belief in ghosts and being able to see them meant anything; a lot of mundanes believed in them, and they had nothing approaching the Sight, or awareness of warlocks, demons, or anything else.]
Stories with the express aim of putting children off doing something will always have the opposite effect. They'd be better off making up something horrendously dull; no child would want to go near whatever it is then.