QUOTE(cryptokiller @ Oct 20 2007, 02:44 PM)
8. They prefer to observe than interact, unless they are fulfilling the role of a child's imaginary friend, something I have read about in certain cases online, and that my ex girlfriend had personal experience of.
Perhaps they are the spirits of the cynical, the critical, and the negative, all in search of inspiration of childhood innocence. Perhaps this is why
some children view them as friends rather than as things to be feared. That makes sense to me. After all, if I was like that, I would view a child's innocence as a gateway back to some better form or another.