`` we want to assure your safety , and the only way to do that is to keep checking in with you . yep , something was definitely down there . he raised himself on one elbow , shaking , sweat plastering strands of gray hair to his cheeks . turns out i was seeing bits of the spirits who were hanging around , trying to communicate with the living . `` you never made me look down ; you never let me look away from you . nobody said a word the entire ride . 