[he actually finds that a bit relatable, though not in the way that might seem obvious. not that he's accepting of it, or even outright aware of it sometimes, but there probably isn't a person he knows more in need of facing themselves more than ... well, him. and therein lies the problem: can't face your demons if you refuse to acknowledge there's something that needs facing at all.]

[no, but he's thinking of something a lot more literal.]

Makes sense to me. You fight with what's basically another version of yourself, right? [Dirk keeps calling them splinters. Dave never really had a specific word for it, until he heard that.]

That's not too far off from how I used to fight. Assuming it was needed to maintain a stable time loop, future me's popped in to help fight off whatever all the time.

Don't really know how you capture a ghost, though. I guess if you wanted to be idiotic about it, you could try vacuuming one up like a Ghostbuster.