[... oof. Never a good sign when even Ai doesn't know what's going on, but the situation as of late-- Crimson, the instability, the Disturbances-- really has become nothing but tangled threads. Hanako rubs his chin a little, trying to wrack his brain over the events the past few months.]

Mm... come to think of it, the Vale didn't reattach itself until after Mio-chan was rescued, either. Maybe it was just how it all timed out, but... you're right, that does seem a bit too convenient for it to be all a coincidence.

[A small detail pops into his head as he continues to think, however, and he glances up at the grey, frosty sky. Maybe it was too insignificant to even comment upon, but...]

Actually... call it a hunch, but... there were a lot of intense storms during the summer, weren't there? I mean, more than we'd usually expect in Yumemigaoka, anyway. Considering how the Vale usually is... it couldn't have bled into the real world, could it?

[Considering there were earthquakes when both Mio and Ango disappeared, it's not like these Disturbances hadn't influenced reality in one way or another. Though on the subject of Ango...]

It's weird, though... aside from the earthquakes, nothing out of the ordinary happened when that old guy went through all of his stuff. Heck, October was pretty normal after everything that was going on.