Well... [ he glances around like someone might be listening in on them. mostly because he figures they must be. ] It makes it real easy to go along with this when all our loved ones are in here, "asleep," right.

[ he does the air quotes and everything. ]

What if I told you I saw something before I died that could reanimate corpses? Maybe even... bring them up to basic sentience again. [ he expects her to just think he's a crazy old man, honestly. but that's fine - he tried. ]