[Yang hadn't known... If only she could've been so lucky, Ashley thinks bitterly. Not knowing, maybe it would've made things easier.

She nods, solemn.] It's happened before, according to Dave. En mass appearances, and then they all just...vanish.

[A pause.]

Maybe not all of them...but I- ...two of my friends were up there. I tried for days to find them, or see if they reached out. They didn't.

[Saying it out loud leaves her mouth sour.]