[By the time they'd made their way through the orphanage, it had become fairly evident that it was as barren as the desert, and no little ones would come poking their heads around the corners. Which...on one hand, was a bit reassuring; at least there were no obvious signs of them being hurt. But on the other hand, there was no way he couldn't worry about that.

It was probably pretty easy to see, when he turned and looked back at Livio and sighed, ruffling a hand through his own dark hair and then shifting to stand with his hands on his hips.]

Okay. No kids. And the rest of this place looks like...well...

[He glanced at the window in thought.]

If...say somehow they all did end up back in Octovern...[And he didn't even know how that could have happened, but all the signs pointed to that possibility. He groaned, throwing his head back in frustration.] What the Hell??? How is that even possible???