On her first night in Nureese, Tai received an experience more shocking than anything she had ever known could be.

Still in a state of denial and disbelief Tai wlked into the bedroom that Lukavai had shown her. Without any rational thought she began to undress. Mechanically, her mind still going over the terrifying and shocking revalations of the situation at hand, Tai began to climb into the lake-sized thing of heathenish luxury that Luk had called a bed. THen she noticed it was already occupied. He had told her that he didn't mind others in the least, but she began an automatic apology for intruding on his slumber. Then she noticed the folded arms and quite obvious lack of breathing!

"Ugh, I knew this was gonna happen! Anything I touch, any friends I make, DEAD! Why is it always the nice ones that die? Why not the jerks, like that Rothgar..."
"ARGH!

Then the corpse sat up and said, "What? Haven't you ever seen people sleep before?"