For a split second, he hesitates. Then he turns his head to address the ghost. "Hey, relax."

The creature straightens up to stand there like a limp puppet. Somehow, it manages to make the movement sulky. With that attitude Tanaka is tempted to dismiss it right away, but it won't last more than five more minutes at the most anyway. The particles that make up its body are slowly dissolving.

So, five minutes at the most to determine whether he needs the closest thing he has to a weapon right now.

"How'd you notice it?"