[Essek lifts a brow curiously at the man saying that, but as he normally is, he doesn't pry for sensitive information. Over the years he has found that prying most often puts people on guard and are more likely to lie, so he rather the information be persuaded out of them.]

A number of us have friends back home who have been left in a dangerous situation, if it is consolation, a friend of mine here is from my future and says that I never vanished or went missing.

[There could be all manner of reasons for that, but he doesn't suppose Quentin is interested in him going into all the possibilities.]

Perhaps it will be the same for you.