[ it's the "my last death" part that gets him to open his eye a little further. he shouldn't be surprised, since of course some of their number must have died during their respective games, but... hm. ]

Caught him right before I came to check up on you, so I heard a lil' bit about their side of the adventure. [ but— ] So are ya sayin' you went back to the exact same place where yer game happened? The same way we got access to the mansion this week?