...They've gotta still be around, right? I mean, why else would Astoria send us here if they aren't?

[ That's the part that doesn't make sense to him the most. With all the other worlds they went to, it was pretty obvious who they needed to help, even if it wasn't always obvious what they needed to do. But here, there's no one. So who were they here to save, if not the crew? ]

Reckon they're trapped somewhere we can't get to yet?

[ ...Beyond that sound, most likely? ]