Before it all goes to shit, yeah. I'm not liking the idea that all of these people who were supposed to be here are just gone. That's how you get ghosts.

[Probably. He doesn't really know that for certain, but this has all the hallmarks of a ghost story, and that, even though it's creepy, is much easier on his nerves than the void of space.] I mean... People tell stories like this around campfires where I'm from. No place ever ends up abandoned for no reason. There's always a story.