JW quietly mouthed the words 'spirit republic' in a stupor. He'd gotten himself into hot water, but this was by far the hottest. He was going to be boiled snake before he got out of this.

But these inter-dimensional ghosts could help. He looked down a this hand and rubbed his scaly wrist.

"Fine...what kind of payment will they want? I'm sure you've noticed, but I don't exactly have pockets."