[ She doesn't blame him for the fleeting handshake; she'd been the same. Refused it outright on occassion, which only made her feel she seemed like a woman with something to hide. So she does it out of habit and to be honest, where it counts. She has to earn trust where she can, and not in any sinister way. What will become of them as a group without trust?

She nods. ]

Yes, thereabouts. There would have been more of us, but...

[ A beat. Has he been told this? The disappearances amongst the displaced? ]

Some have vanished. We don't know where. Others have disappeared and come back, but not all.