Whoa, and a building already? How long was I even - huh? [Wait, was that a text?

Yep, it was. And now he's back on the other end of the audio call, not quite managing to sound as upbeat as he was a couple of minutes ago.]

Uh, when you say "gone"... Did something happen? [Okay, possibly not the clearest word choice ever, but dammit, cut him some slack! He knows what he's getting at!] I mean, when did you hear from her last...?