Missing wasn't the right word. Disappeared. Not in the swimming-with-the-fishes way. More witness-protection with a side of brainwashing. Meant he wasn't ignoring the bulletin messages.

"What about his stuff?" That was the gold standard for disappearances versus long-term artificially-induced narcolepsy. That or a new roommate, but the population had been dropping. "It's not spying if it's important."