[quote=@Techspert]
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Their friends should also be curious about the disappearance. They'd reach out to somebody, or at least have info on where they were last seen.
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Thing is, that is a good point, but their disappearances have been noted nationally across the IA. Everyone knows the Big X, say, is gone, but no one has reported in. So it isn’t just friends, but just about everyone.