1 Ghost: So if we help you on this quest, what's in it for us?
2 Dwalin: Ye mean, besides yer release from eternal torment? {translation: You mean, besides your release from eternal torment?}
3 {beat}
4 Ghost: Okay, granted that's a decent start.

It's a shame the images are so small in the comic, because the glowy ghost effect looks really cool at a larger size.

Ah heck, this is the Internet! I can show you what it looks like at a bigger size!

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2023-11-29 Rerun commentary: You might have noticed that the large sample image isn't one of the panels in this comic. Nor is it from any of the previous comics in which this ghost knight appears. In fact, it's from a future comic, #2539. I don't know why I chose that particular panel to include as a big example here.

You can see that the ghost isn't just partially transparent, it also has a blurry aura around it. I made that by copying the transparent layer and blurring it.