Surprisingly enough, Ilia didn't ask for any more details when it came to the subject of who he knew who was sick. Maybe she hadn't been that involved in the whole thing. Either way, it was lucky for Guy because he wasn't put in a position where he had to tell her about Claude, when it was possible Claude didn't want her knowing.

Not that he thought there was much point to keeping secrets at this point, but he would have honored his friend's wishes if that had been the case. Now he could just skirt around the issue entirely.

Unfortunately, there wasn't any good news following that, since it sounded like Ilia had made it through the basement after all. Guy hadn't heard any news of that, which made sense because it wasn't something that could be talked about freely in the first place. He frowned, wanting to know in more detail what Ilia had been put through, but...

She was trying to change the subject. This time, he didn't know if he could let that happen. "It was interesting, yeah. But... Ilia, with the basement... what happened?" He knew now that two people who had been through it could talk about it together, and he wanted to know. Chances were that she hadn't really had the chance to discuss it with many people yet, after all. It might do her some good.