"Yeah, I know the basics. You guys were out, there was a fire, the building exploded and," he waved a hand. "You know."

He sighed and propped his chin in his hands. "I only got it in bits and pieces, though." Logically he knew that was probably down to either not having information at the time or concern about his health, but he'd had to piece a lot of it together himself, after they'd finally told him. "And no-one ever told me why I never saw you again. I just assumed..."

Assumed that Tatsuya had died as well. Which had turned out not to be the case.