[He relaxes a bit when the spirit nods in awnser to him. It seems it is more sad than angry, which makes it much safer to deal with.]

I'm sorry to hear that, my friend. Me and my companion is, in fact, here to try to put a stop to whoever it is that is causing you such disturbance. I hate to cause you more trouble this night, but... if there's anything you could tell us about who did this it would be a great help to us.