"Yeah," Chase replied, trying to sound optimistic. That or if it was gone, someone else had taken it. Would his gun even still be there? It wasn't a secret that he had it now.
He stepped to the side of the path, grabbing a stick he thought would be good for the next torch, but instead of taking it with them, he stuck it into the ground beside one of the darkened lanterns to remind himself to pick it up on the way back. If they came back this way. Bringing it now felt silly if he planned on grabbing things.
"So....where we started was where we all first showed up on the first day," he said for Owen's benefit. "I think we all pretty much showed up at the house around the same time. Kind of. Oliver and Pam and Kiley and some other people...uh....Jack and Lennon....they were all there before we were, so they might have been closer than we were. If anyone is at the house it's probably some of them."