Yo... Rise? Do you have a few minutes?

[Pauses, letting out an uncomfortable chuckle.]

I kinda, uh... need to talk you about something.


[You bet your ass he's sitting in an alley behind the department store so nobody from the centre will hear this, too.]

[Normally, you'd get a lot of funny shenanigans from the Gear. But today, Yosuke's not feeling that at all. Actually, he sounds pretty serious.]

Yo... um. So I know we all, uh... lost a couple of days or whatever. But has anyone seen or heard from Souji? I mean... well, I haven't seen him since Friday, I guess. He hasn't been back to the breeding centre or anything either. So if anyone hears from him, can you guys just let me know or leave a message on the centre's machine?

Thanks.

( Direct text to Souji; Private. )

( Audio; Filtered to the Investigation Team )