Ending up in the infirmary would have been handier than getting dumped into the lake. Barnaby wondered if there had been any rhyme or reason to their destinations, or if they'd simply been tossed places at random.

Apparently Ryusei wasn't sure, either, because his question indicated that he was trying to identify some kind of pattern.

"If I did, no one thought to tell me about it," Barnaby dryly responded. But then he regarded Ryusei, masking his curiosity behind a polite, neutral expression. "Why? Did you have something to do in the infirmary?"