Well that's because they are asking "yes" or "no" questions so there's only one of 2 things that you can say. And the thing about it is that he has been dead since the 1700's and he is afraid to go into the light even though he really wants to. He murdered the husband of the woman that he loved and now he is afraid that if he goes into the light that God will punish him severely for this horrible sin. So even though he isn't an evil entity he is stuck in a very dark and lonely place for a very very long time and it seems that this has made him very sad because he wants so bad to go into the light were he even see's some of his relatives sometimes asking him to come in but he is afraid.