[ Reynir can't be sure, of course. But having been there a little longer, seen what some of the rooms are like - there are still things in cupboards, there is still a level of disarray that lacks the finality of planning and deciding to leave. But instead of contradicting, he just hopes Genji is right.
Then, he realizes he has to go back, explain. Fortunately, he has been in this place long enough now that it is comparatively easy to summarize quickly. ]
There was an Illness in my world. A pandemic. It started with only a few people in one place, but then it was spreading so fast. And - it ended the Old World. There's barely anyone left. A couple hundred thousand, that we know of, and most of them are in Iceland. But - but the more I think about it... Tuuri always said that we wouldn't have any way of knowing if people had managed to survive, all the way on the other side of the world. And I think she was right.
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[ Reynir can't be sure, of course. But having been there a little longer, seen what some of the rooms are like - there are still things in cupboards, there is still a level of disarray that lacks the finality of planning and deciding to leave. But instead of contradicting, he just hopes Genji is right.
Then, he realizes he has to go back, explain. Fortunately, he has been in this place long enough now that it is comparatively easy to summarize quickly. ]
There was an Illness in my world. A pandemic. It started with only a few people in one place, but then it was spreading so fast. And - it ended the Old World. There's barely anyone left. A couple hundred thousand, that we know of, and most of them are in Iceland. But - but the more I think about it... Tuuri always said that we wouldn't have any way of knowing if people had managed to survive, all the way on the other side of the world. And I think she was right.