[He's going to get punched if he pokes again. It's terrible that he very nearly debates doing it again, just because he is that sort of annoying and it's so tempting to push all of Faraday's buttons, even if it's not a smart idea. Maybe he's just belatedly glad that he's alive.]

Fine, okay. No one is poking you, but you think you have a ghost. Most ghosts that you and I would know would not be so gentle as poking, unless you've made new friends?

[This whole place is strange to him, in ways he doesn't understand. He's also too stubborn to ask for help in navigating it, even though Faraday might be the best person to ask.]

So then what do you think is happening?