Hokay so! We failed a bit on following through plot. Things went a bit pear-shaped for us and there was confusion BUT! There is an official announcement going up momentarily to announce the following:
The LeChance train that was meant to return from the fire town after 3 weeks (5 days ago), didn't. In fact, the answer to the message sent to inquire about it says the train never came at all (thanks a lot). Leroy's FREAKING OUT. He's trying to hide it though. He just sucks at it. Leroy is saying that *everyone* chose to stay in the other town rather than returning to LeChance but the messenger is leaking out the truth -- that the train never arrived.