Managing to convey the severity of their warning and be believed is a problem he's been mulling over as well, and not one he has a good answer for. While he's trying to put together a response, Will continues, and - well, that derails his thoughts as well, but it's a good question.

"I... always assumed so," he admits. "But I guess that doesn't mean that's right. If we go other places, even with lanterns, will we just be ghosts? Will we disappear? Will we be just fine?"

And whether they're dead or somehow now-alive those are possibly all still valid results, unfortunately.

"If anyone chooses to leave, they'll be the first to find out, but I don't know how we'll learn what happens to them. I used to assume when I was reading Dr. Solis' old notes about her going and grabbing things through the portal and observing things there that she meant she did so literally, in person, but I guess now I know that probably wasn't the case."