"Yes, that's how it works," answers Curufin with a smile.

And then he continues speaking to them in a soft voice. "That's right, go in the direction Arataka Reigen just showed you." The chickens, the goats, the sheep and a stray cow all look at him again, and then at Reigen, and then with a few clucks, a bleat and a moo, they start off up the path.

"It's a little bit like what you'd call hypnosis. I use my mind to direct their minds, and the medium is speech and voice tone. Say, is that what a psychic does with ghosts?"