[ He isn't going to force her to let him feel her pulse, so he just lets his hand drop. He thinks he's beginning to understand what's going on here. ]

Okay, okay, let's forget that for now.

[ No bullying the little girl! He stands, but he doesn't walk after her. While she is young, she doesn't seem like the type to want to be placated, so he just speaks to her calmly and openly instead. ]

The captain tricking us is a definite possibility. You're right about that. After all, if he's trying to imitate the way of ghosts and demons, then of course that would make them much more realistic and scary to the people here. Mean tricks like that are still dangerous. There's no need to consider whether the ghosts and demons that appear here are real or fake, or if they're caused by the resentment of the deceased or the captain's sadistic whims. The important part is how to deal with them, don't you think?

So, if we both deal with them in our own ways, then that just means we have two different strategies to cover our bases.