Luke Smith

“The Lavender Lawns Rest Home is apparently being haunted by a nun. See if there’s anything to support the possibility.”
“Of… a haunting?”
“Just run the check, Mr. Smith.”

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“So, what’s going on?”
“Some old biddy’s given Luke an alien gizmo.”
“She said the nun wasn’t a ghost, and now it’s looking for the talisman.”
“Well, I’d better go back and talk to Mrs. Nelson-Stanley.”

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“She’s always going on about monsters and spacemen.”
“She’s seen Sontarans.”
“The silliest race in the galaxy, that’s what Edward used to say. Like a huge potato. Quite nasty blighters they were, the same.”
“You shouldn’t encourage her, Ms. Smith, she’ll go on and on about monsters, and especially the Gorgon.”

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“’There were three Gorgons, the hideous daughters of Phorkys, the sea god, and Keto.’”
“Sthenno, Euryale, and Medusa, that’s right. In some versions of the story there was just one: Medusa. And she wasn’t always ugly. She was a beautiful nymph with golden hair, but Poseidon fell in love with her and Athena turned her into a Gorgon.”

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“Listen, Luke. When weirdo nuns turn up on your doorstep asking about freaky glowing alien gizmos, one thing you never do is tell them you’ve got one.”

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“It’s Luke! He’s been nabbed by a nun!”
“What?!”
“I warned him not to talk to that freaky nun! I tried to stop them but it just happened so fast, they pulled up and BAM!”