User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail 527: Emotion, Review/@comment-4814008-20170317110244/@comment-7418318-20170317120324

Maybe they still will.

We've seen Roubaul, Precht and several Dragons communicate with the living already. And Roubaul was even able to touch Wendy, so there's even a small hope that he'll get that hug he so longs for.