Not exactly. Dungeon spaces don't entirely follow the same rules that liminal spaces do. But it is similar, in ways.

[Armin makes their conversation private before responding to the second part.]

Yes. That's what I think is more likely. But it's not something people want to hear - they want to think their friends and family that have left are in a better place than here. And I don't want to argue the point - it would serve no purpose to take away that hope.