is the house haunted?
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❛ is the house haunted? ❜
❛ well... see, the thing is, if we tell you, you might not go in. ❜
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if you walk past the gate, you'll see it──the house that shouldn't be. but once you're inside, what you see, hear, smell, taste, and feel, well... that's another story.
maybe it's the wind.
maybe it's just your imagination.
but some doors, once opened, cannot be closed.
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