Mercy Thompson Series #2: Blood Bound

• “ability” to speak to ghosts
• wasn't like she saw ghosts all the time
• didn't know why seeing ghosts made her dangerous to vampires
• can talk to ghosts that other people can't see
• even if there were ghosts there was no guarantee that Mercy could see them or figure out they were ghosts; some of the dead appeared as they had in life
• ghosts brushed up against her, pushing her onward as if they knew what she was doing and determined to help

Mercy Thompson Series #3: Iron Kissed

• wasn't sure if Zee and Uncle Mike knew about her seeing ghosts; never tried to hide it
• for a long time Mercy hadn't realized it wasn't something everyone could do
• can find vampires because the victims of traumatic deaths tend to linger as ghosts and vampires have plenty of traumatized victims
• as some ghosts do they grow clearer in bits and pieces as Mercy focused on them
• got caught once talking to a ghost without realizing that's what he was until her mother asked who she was talking too
• interacted with a rancher ghost where she grew up but never able to converse with him
• Uncle Mike finds out she can see ghosts
• has never run into a ghost in her home

Mercy Thompson Series #4: Bone Crossed

• after drinking too much told her friends in college during a day trip that she could see a ghost
• can sense ghosts that other people don't see
• never told her mom that she could see ghosts
• not an expert at laying ghosts; seeing them was a long way from sending them away
• Sometimes ghosts only appear to one sense or another. Sometimes she can only hear them—sometimes she can smell them
• wasn't going to abandon Chad to the ghost; had no idea how to get rid of it; maybe help him live with it instead
• had never been hurt by a ghost
• Banishing ghosts was not something she'd ever tried, and everything she read about it over the years (not much) seemed to indicate that doing it wrong was worse than not doing it at all
• doesn't know how to get a ghost to leave someone alone
• hated it when ghosts snuck up on me
• Blackwood used ghosts to watch Mercy and spy on her
• Walker Magic; to make the ghost stop something; It wasn’t the magic the fae used, or the witches, but it was magic. I could smell it
• The ability to do just what I had been doing—controlling a ghost
• has seen at funerals or in the house of someone who's just passed away; ghosts acting differently…more than remnants of the people they'd been; Mercy can see the difference and always thought those are their souls

Mercy Thompson Series #6: River Marked

• can sense ghosts that other people can't
• most of the ghosts she's seen have all been human
• had never seen her father's ghost before; ghost might be the ghost of her father but he wasn't her father
• the sight of a ghost who looked like her father made her feel raw
• can usually tell if someone is a ghost
• saw ghosts all the time; forgot how seldom other people could perceive them
• never actually seen a ghost in a graveyard
• about Faith; never dealt with a ghost quite this coherent before. Usually, they don’t even notice me. The few that do don’t really seem to be aware that they are dead

Mercy Thompson Series #7: Frost Burned

• didn't usually tell Adam when she saw ghosts
• she explained to him the most ghosts were only sad memories and that the ones that were closer to alive were often better off if they didn't know she could perceive them²⁰¹
• has seen the ghost in Zee's house several times; thought it was a repeater²⁰²
• when under the influence of Peace&Quiet the ghost tried to hitch a ride; cling to Mercy; but the wards in Zee's house stopped it from following her²⁰²
• attempted to take over Mercy's body but only had one chance to do it
• for a long time Mercy thought the only thing she could do with ghosts was observe them
• was able to call on the part of her that could see ghosts and force their obedience to save Peter's ghost from obeying Frost²⁷⁸
• ghosts didn't look at her or respond to pack bonds; interference from Frost²⁸⁰
• coyote able to feel their presence; a prickle down her spine and a tingle on the tip of her nose
• was able to use her lamb necklace as articles of magic to free the ghosts from Frost's control

Mercy Thompson Series #8: Night Broken

• other walkers she's met hadn't been able to see ghosts the way she could; but Gary Laughingdog could⁸⁷
• Tony Montenegro didn't know that she could see ghosts¹¹⁶

Mercy Thompson Series #9: Fire Touched

• if she stared at ghosts for very long, even just repeaters, they tended to start following her around²³⁰
• the most ghosts she's been around, she's been around a lot of them - haunt places where people might be found; churches, homes, stores³¹³
• saw the ghosts of Aiden's playmates in Underhill; tucked into hollows under trees and hiding under branches³¹³
• one of them started following them when Aiden started talking about them; thought it was worrisome³¹³

Mercy Thompson Series #10: Silence Fallen

• has an affinity for ghosts; something she inherited from her father⁹²
• sees them when other people doesn't⁹²
• used to think she knew a lot about ghosts but started to believe that no one did⁹²
• generally tried not to pay attention to ghosts because it made them pay attention back⁹²
• ghosts generally could understand her no matter what language she spoke⁹³
• she'd never seen a ghost hold as much magic as the ghost of the Golem of Prague⁹²
• when she started to talk to dead things, other ghosts seemed to sense it¹⁰⁵
• had a violent encounter with a ghost and spent days with ghosts following her¹⁰⁵
• ghosts are mostly bits and pieces of people, of emotions, left behind so it was like being followed by zombies; they want her to do something for them, but there isn't enough of them left to communicate exactly what that is¹⁰⁵
• the golem powered up Mercy's ghost-attraction circuit to stun and lit her up like a target for any ghost in the area¹⁰⁵
• her safe corner next to the river had been invaded all night by ghosts¹⁰⁵
• tries not to pay attention to ghosts; there's no good to be had from it¹⁴²
• stronger spirits communicated so forcefully to her that she heard them without any distortion; as if death granted them a universal language, a quick conduit to her brain without any language at all¹⁴²
• she found it really disturbing when they did that¹⁴²
• didn't know why some ghosts stayed fresh and strong while others faded; sometimes it was because the living paid too much attention to the dead¹⁴²
• she'd seen souls tied to her ghosts once, and she's never again make the mistake of thinking of a normal ghost as a real person¹⁴²
• she was coming to believe that ghosts were something that could think and plan and do; not living precisely, but not inert¹⁴²
• that belief went against everything she'd ever heard about ghosts - she interacts with them more than most people¹⁴³
• she doesn't talk to ghosts she sees; no good comes of it¹⁴³
• doesn't talk about ghosts; doesn't describe; doesn't name them; and doesn't look at them if she can help it¹⁴³
• golem boosted her power over ghosts; when Mercy spoke Danek's name he was solid as any person she'd ever seen, and could smell him¹⁴⁵
• ghosts are not really the people who died¹⁴⁶
• it isn't smart to pay too much attention to the dead; especially not smart for Mercy to pay too much attention to the dead¹⁵⁰
• residual effect of meeting the golem that left Mercy a magnet for the ghosts of Prague¹⁵¹
• she tries not to give orders to the dead unless it's important because they can't refuse her; not if she focuses her will strongly enough¹⁵¹
• golem's presence amped up Mercy's attraction for ghosts to maximum; she'd been swimming in ghosts²²⁷
• ghost cooperation is one thing; enslavement is another²³³
• Mercy had forced ghosts to obey her²³³
• they weren't the humans that birthed them; she was increasingly uncomfortable with the assumption that that meant they weren't alive anymore²³³
• that meant that other than for her own defense or in defense of someone else, she could not bind them to her will anymore²³³
• if her whisper could influence a vampire as strongly as it had, no ghost had a chance of resisting her²³³
• reached for ghosts and called them to her with the help of the golem; it was a horrible thing to do; the only thing more horrible would be to take everything from those who had only a little existence left and have it not be enough²³⁵
• called ghosts to her and made them an offer; asked them to sacrifice themselves²³⁸
• her experience that ghosts are not affected by sunlight³⁴⁶

Mercy Thompson Series #11: Storm Cursed

• she saw ghosts which she's always dismissed as mostly useless; over the last few years she's been learning that she could do a little more⁵⁸
• Mercy had been seeing ghosts for as long as she could remember; she was kind of used to her interaction with them⁵⁹
• becoming sensitive to zombies as well⁵⁹
• she could tell when there was a ghost around even if she might not be able to see it; same for zombies⁵⁹
• as the cat; it's senses where different from her coyote and human ones; he could see the ghosts better²²¹

Mercy Thompson Series #12: Smoke Bitten

• seeing ghosts was the other thing she did besides turn into a coyote²⁷
• by paying attention to a ghost she made her more real, gave her power²⁷
• hesitated a lot more when she said “it” around ghosts than she used to²⁷
• no longer convinced that all ghosts were nothing more than the shed remnants of the people they had been; what exactly they were she wasn't sure but she was doubtful that anyone else knew either²⁷
• ghosts sometimes interacted with Mercy as if they were the person whose shade they were; but only sometimes²⁸
• sometimes they were locked into a particular moment, or sequence of moments²⁸
• how she treats ghosts; if she didn't pay attention to them, maybe they'd go away⁶⁹

Mercyverse Short Fiction: Hollow

• Mercy doesn't hunt ghosts; the only time she tried she'd ended up with bodies⁴⁰⁴
• when she was a kid she would scream at a lot of ghosts to “go away” to not much effect⁴¹⁰
• a ghost following a person around for fourteen years is not something Mercy has ever seen a ghost do; not that it wasn't possible, just that she'd never seen it⁴¹¹
• never tried exorcising a ghost⁴¹¹
• this ghost thing is not her chosen profession⁴¹⁵
• borrowed Adam's authority and used that part of her that was Coyote, the part that allowed her to see ghosts when no one else could⁴³⁴