Lake Rodney dream lover, come rescue me

Oh, cool. Chip stopped where she was, just a few feet away. I wasn't sure because... y'know, you were talking to a dead body there. Chip blinked at the corpse on the ground, half-expecting it to hop up and announce that it was not in fact dead, thank you very much. Nothing of the sort happened.

Did ya know him? I mean, when he was alive? she asked. Everybody dealt with grief in their own way. Maybe this lady did it by acting like they were "just sleeping."