[ Mel can't help but chortle lowly at the innocent, albeit false, remark, and she politely corrects the other woman. ]

I wouldn't quite write that off just yet. The cello playing, that's a habit I like to indulge in from time to time, but it's the mortal's hobby. My nightmares cause insanity when I push them thusly, and I can summon ghosts to fight alongside me.

However, I also summon them for others; lost loved ones for a goodbye or a visit. Perhaps I'm more, hm, sixty-forty, the former being the scary bits.

[ Her smile is nonjudgmental, though. ]