• Sam: Dark, evil crap and lots of it. They follow him around like a friggin' Pied Piper.
  Dean: So we're talking ghosts.
  Sam: Yeah.
  Dean: Zombies.
  Sam: Mm-hmm.
  Dean: Leprechauns?
  Sam: Dean...
  Dean: Those little dudes are scary. Small hands.

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