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[neverfeltthatway]

I have the list of Travelers who are no longer with us. [He's exhausted after 3 consecutive dungeons, and angry and frustrated after the trouble with Eren and Malik, not to mentioned saddened by the loss of several friends he's reporting - so he's keeping this short and to the point.]

Martin Stein, River Tam, Philip Hamilton, Winry Rockbell, Edward Elric, Varric Tethras, Natasha Romanoff, Steve Rogers, Apollon Enjolras, Jack, Yuna, Saul Goodman, Karamatsu Matsuno, Genevieve Blanchard, Tsukasa Kadoya, and Eren Jaeger - the earlier Traveler, the one we just got back before the jaunt.

I'm sorry. Let me know if you have any questions.

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[summerorange]

Wait a second. What do you mean by 'no longer with us'?

[Fear clenches her heart, and is not so subtly showing in her words.]

[neverfeltthatway]

I mean that they have vanished - on a walkabout or to a dungeon or back home, or wherever else people go when they disappear here that we can't know. [His voice is gentle this time, but he doesn't soften the words that need to be said, the answer to her question.] I'm sorry. I know it's hard.

[summerorange]

So...they're still alive...

[That does soothe her worst fear. However...]

Is there any way of knowing when they'll be back? Or any way to find them again?

[neverfeltthatway]

[She's probably right, so he doesn't gainsay her.]

I'm afraid there isn't. Some Travelers come back after just a few days. Others vanished more than two and a half years ago, and have yet to return. All we can do is keep an eye out for dungeon portals, and rescue them if they appear.

[summerorange]

Two and a half....

[Her voice trails off in whiffs of despair]

...how...how can we tell if...if it's a dungeon or...something like that?

[neverfeltthatway]

[Armin shakes his head, sorrow and understanding in his gaze.]

We cannot. To the best of my knowledge, until a dungeon portal appears, there's nothing we can do.

[He hates to see anyone in despair. But he won't give her false words of comfort.]