How brainwashed is he to be indifferent to such body? I get you can choose to not act upon it because law but you can't lie to biology. It feels fake not wholesome.
That's fucking stupid. Even the cat knows it—rules based on no evidence. Corpses don’t need skills. Sure, I agree it's distasteful to actively seek out dying people to absorb, but the long-dead ones? Just absorb them!