Cassie was silent for a long moment and when she glanced up and met his gaze, her eyes said what she couldn't bring her lips to utter- did you? "No," she finally murmured, trying to reassure him, "No, I bet you didn't. You would've known." Right? She hoped so, because if he didn't, that was a really scary sort of thought. "Okay, um, let's assume he's not here, which means maybe he's in another dimension or something. Regardless, we can figure he's alive. He's like, a super alien, he's practically invincible."