So many of his friends? At that, Ami actually is confused, and she looks out at the guests again, but - she's honestly not sure who he's talking about. She has no idea Past Emil was from the same world as Tuuri, and she doesn't even know Sigrun's name. But she doesn't see Lalli, so there has to be someone else he knows here, too.

Her chest tightens a little with anxiety, but there's no avoiding it. Occam's razor - the most obvious answer is, in this case, the truth.

"Because they were reborn here, too," she says. "Or - will be, to you. Anchor's pull draws people from all different times and places, I told you that. The chronology doesn't line up, and it's not supposed to."

She pauses, but the elephant in the room isn't fully addressed. "And ... yeah, that does mean Lalli and your other friends have died, or will die, at some point. But ... everybody dies, eventually. It's possible you'll all live to be a hundred."