Ryunosuke's blood runs cold. He thinks back to the quarters they'd searched through earlier that day. The photograph he'd seen in the old living quarters. It was obvious that more people used to live in that part of the station, but he hadn't been sure what to make of their absence at the time.

"N... No! I hadn't heard anything about this!" he hisses, lowering his voice. So much for not letting her rattle him. "Is that who you were referring to before? The ones you said were... Were 'erased?' What does that mean? How did they die?!"