Yeah, I'm usually more proactive about stuff personally, I'm just thinking it might not've felt worth the risk to them. It probably depends how long it took them to try the surface again.

[Whether they'd adjusted too much to the underground by then for roaming around the surface to be an option without a lot of practice in advance. He can understand why they might've made the decision not to explore further when the risk could've been huge and the reward might not have come for a very long time, considering how long it took people on the surface to get out here.

The point about the missing items makes his brows arch curiously.] I heard about it, but I didn't lose anything myself...some kind of animal, maybe? I heard it was really quick when it happened, so something that could dig up and go straight back down again would make sense.