"Oh," he returned. He'd noted the sharpness of her tone, but wasn't offended by it — most people he dealt with in a given day were impatient with him at least once during the conversation. The living people, anyway. Spirits were infinitely more patient, since they had, if nothing else, an abundance of time to spare. "Well, there are spells and enchantments that can keep them out of certain areas, or confine them to places. Maybe you've heard of Spirit Mirrors?" he offered. Spirit mirrors were, in his personal opinion, barbaric and unconscionable, but they were unfortunately perfectly legal and could be found not-infrequently in the sorts of shops that sold artifacts or curiosities.

"We don't — recommend them," he said, hedging. She claimed this was for her novel, but on the off chance it was a real inquiry, he didn't want to go giving her ideas. "The Ministry has a complaint system for troublesome spirits, and once an issue reaches the proper escalation level we can send someone in to handle that professionally." Though unfortunately, if she wanted to go banishing spirits from her home or neighborhood or place of employment, it was unlikely anyone would stop her. The only thing preventing most people from doing it was that the magic was tricky to get right if you didn't have the practice.

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