Danny grimaces. Explaining this part was never fun, especially to people who had never seen what most people in his world thought about ghosts.

"So... the thing is, most ghost scientists and especially my parents think that all ghosts are evil. They're wrong about that of course, but no one's going to take the word of a kid about it. Even less, the word of a ghost." He shrugs awkwardly. "They probably could hurt ghosts if they ever managed to catch one. But... most of the time they're just coming after me. And like I said, they have awful aim."