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[neverfeltthatway]

[As some have already noted, it's later than usual for Armin to come out with this - but at least at the moment, there's no indication of why. Armin looks his usual self, quiet and serious.] I have the list of the Travelers that have vanished.

Braig. Alexia. Jade. Liara. Sera. Lydain. Connie. Helena. Pearl. Hijikata. And Souji - the one who was close to Hijikata, not the persona user.

...I'm sorry.

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[senpaidol]

[Sue her if her breath hitched for a second, even if she knows it was completely unreasonable. She'd just talked to her Souji, after all.]

That's a lot, isn't it?

[neverfeltthatway]

...It's about average for the past year, actually. Maybe even a little lower than average.

The last few jaunts have been light on disappearances, maybe seven to ten, but the ones more than half a year back were much heavier, seventeen or eighteen.

[senpaidol]

Huh. I'm surprised there are as many people here as there are, then...

[neverfeltthatway]

Well, obviously it's not static, but about as many people appear or are rescued from dungeons as vanish each month. With some variation, there are usually about seventy or eighty Travelers, these days.

[senpaidol]

I wonder why that is...

Hey, if we're Travelers, you don't think people just...get where they need to go and then go home, do you?

[neverfeltthatway]

...It's one possibility.

[Which, of course, doesn't really answer the question of whether he thinks it's true - because he doesn't, but what he believes is probably not what she wants to hear, as it's a rather grim picture.

[If she presses him, he'll tell her, but he's not inclined to share right away.]

[senpaidol]

Well okay that's like the best possibility, but when you travel, you're going somewhere, right?