[He utters a short laugh, looking almost impressed. It's not clear whether he believes her or not, primarily because he's not sure whether he ought to believe her; there's no reason not to, but it sounds rather absurd, similar to something he'd make up just to see how someone else would react.

He shrugs.]

If I'm not mistaken, the entire point of poltergeists is to be obnoxious, so that hardly comes as a surprise. I can't say the lives of the dead interest me, though. [He says lives as if he doesn't consider it to be that at all.]