[Ellie will learn, and she'll be delighted.

Meanwhile, she frowns just a bit, catching on the details but not quite sure how she wants to frame the question -- though she really appreciates Sam not apologizing or trying to play it off. It's refreshing, the lack of pressure.]

Yeah, fuck. This place is incredible. I think I've spent hours just... eating things. Using hot water. Almost offsets the nerves over not having my gear.

[But she does circle back to that.]

So he went missing first, and then whatever it was got you too?