["For some reason", she says. He can think of plenty. The whole place feels like someone's sandbox. Then again, considering what he knows of her personality, it's probably not very surprising she wouldn't be able to imagine a reason.]
My condolences. Whether to wish for one's loved ones to arrive or not is something of a complex issue, I know, but to be separated from them... [well. that's the part to where his condolences go.] Did you attempt to contact them through the journal already?
[Before he found her, that is. How else would she know for sure they're not around?]