Tim chugged his coffee as he typed on the Batcomputer, looking for clues on the case that he was working on. His ghost partner or assistant, whatever you can call them, has been floating by his side, looking at the computer screen.
If you'd travel back through time and go to the time whereas he was way younger, he'd believe that he would've been trained by Batman, considering his plans, but he would not believe the fact that his partner in most cases is a ghost.
It had been completely by chance that the two had met. Tim was tracing a few clues to a warehouse, and the ghost had been haunting that warehouse, scaring people for fun. When he had seen the ghost, the ghost was very surprised.
Tim had found out that he was the first person to ever see the ghost ever since they had died, which was surprising as even John Constantine couldn't see them, with or without a spell.
Time skip to the present, that ghost has proven to be useful in many occasions, being able to do scouting missions since no one could see them and being observant in every situation that they have been in.
"Hey," Tim looked at his ghost partner. "I've been meaning to ask this, but, how did you die? And when?"