lavalamp comments on First, they must be convinced to play the game

[lavalamp]

You could bring up the example of induced hypothermia, and then suggest that in that case, the person isn’t actually dead, but just in a state of suspended of animation.

That’s a great point, of course. I have to be careful not to accidentally show that souls are fictional, it will sidetrack or shut down the conversation...

doing it now is probably a bit suspicious.

Yes, it would be.