"Not in the slightest. At first I thought I was just missing them coming in, but it's just seemed off somehow."

She knew Gale had taken one of the rooms, and unless someone else had holed up with him by choice, the other bedroom had been fairly untouched aside from her blanket fort.

"But, we don't really have anything to keep in contact with around here, maybe they decided to move? Or... someone decided for them."

She wouldn't put it past the monks or old ones being suddenly pushy about it, if some of their Chosen were avoiding devotionals while others were attending. A little more optimistic than some alternatives, but there was no evidence either way.