Well, someone should let us in on the secret... that's way to interesting to leave us hanging.

It's not that interesting, really. You see all the possibilities every day as you're playing Virtual Villagers. Any interaction that villagers could have with a living villager, they could have with one that was no longer living in those early versions. It was pretty weird to see someone arguing with or praising a skeleton. The most poignant was when they tried to heal one. It never worked.

Oh - well, I did notice when I pick someone up and put them on a skeleton for a moment it'll say "Embracing" before replying "That villager is dead!" and they go to bury them.

But at least I got an Evil Dead reference in there.

I'd agree with arguing being weird, but I rather like the idea of them praising a dead villager. After all, a eulogy is often an important part of the funeral.

On second thoughts, arguing with a corpse makes sense, too. At least you won't get any smart answers.