I- I see. [He takes a breath and calms himself.] If you are acknowledging that it is a guess, than you are not leading me astray. It is simply another possibility! And I cannot deny that we are trapped souls in our own right...

[He frowns as he hazards a glance towards the paintings.]

I do not know what marks the different, to be sure. Perhaps it has to do with... with their disappearances or deaths. [A blink.] 'Rei-chan'? I do know of a student by any name, but not of any associated mysteries...