well uh. ..... .... ............ thin...... g.... s......

For all we know. [ She sighs, and it sounds tired. But she's all sharp edges now, isn't quite hitting the level where she needs to be, not quite managing to act like someone Hotspur can trust and confide in. She knows he's the kind of man who wants that, because it's clear in his demeanor, but what he wants and what Resnik can give him are two very different things. ]

But we don't know.

[ She tries to soften her tone a little. This can't be easy for Hotspur, and it's sure as hell not easy for her (and if she knows Ward, and she does, he's more wound than a clock, ready to strike at any moment) so she— relaxes, forcefully. And tells the truth. ]

He didn't disappear.