[They have time. That's the thing he has to remind himself, too. For once, they have time. Still, the question causes him to shake his head a bit.]

No. Well, sort of? Dave and Rose were traveling with another small group of people for three years, and my sister and I were with someone else following a different path to the same place. We were unable to talk to them for that whole time. [It's. The most simplified version of what happened and instead of explaining he shrugs lightly.] But it definitely sucked either way.