Thank you. [ Totally taking that as a compliment. ] It's a long story, but... basically, I was murdered. Back home, not here. Someone snuck up from behind and strangled me with a plastic bag and threw me off the side of a ship.
Next thing I know, I wake up in a coffin. Turns out Ned, my- ah. My childhood sweetheart got a gift of bringing dead things back to life. One touch - alive. Another - dead again, forever.