LordDon,
The fight with the townsfolk was caused by something you did (steal from merchant, kill a bystander by accident (etc.)) it would be safest to go back to a save prior to this event as the consequences can be serious.
You can not initiate dialogue directly with members of your party. Sometimes things you do trigger dialogue or a script in the game triggers dialogue. You never start these directly. So yes that is normal. - Curdis
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