[This probably isn't a conversation they should be having on the side of the road, but it's also not one they should be having on a bus. It's not one that he wants to have anywhere, but there's really no avoiding it at this point. He's just not really sure where or how to begin.]

From what I could gather, he's...not been doing well for some time.

[Probably since Choromatsu left, but that's rather obvious.]

It was not until more recently that things downturned. I was called first, then Choromatsu...and the others have gotten home within the last week. You were the last one we needed to find.