Alright, well, this is going to be a long conversation.

Usually, when people disappear, they go home, and then come back.

[ But sometimes they disappear for longer than that, which, alright, yeah, Steve should probably be concerned about, but.. ]

This whole place is supposed to be temporary.

Those people who look a bit animalic and don't talk all that much? They're spirits, and they're all as transitory as us.