...Is my existence really so difficult for you to accept? Though I may not be human, I have a physical body within this place. [He pauses, before reaching out a hand towards her; evidence, if she should decide to reach out and actually take his hand.] I have friends within this place, and I have lost friends as they have left the Castle as well. I care very much for the boy that I was trapped inside, and I cherish the time that the Castle has given me with him.

If you could not feel my presence the way that you do in this place... you would not even question me.