...if they have traumatic deaths they are more likely to be vengeful, is that right? It... saddens me that they should feel like that while they linger.

[He never liked the brutality of mankind in the first place. Knowing that sometimes spirits were forced to linger due to the circumstances of their death wasn't something he found particularly pleasing either.

The tree on the other hand...]

I would certainly be interested in you attempting to do such a thing. Would you permit me to watch your work?

[He was still rather fascinated by magic after all!]