... Either someone spread a rumor and it's like what happened back home in Sumaru city with them becoming reality, or they were accidentally transported here. But that would imply our captors had an issue with whatever device--or being--transports us here.

[ Thoughtfully, she begins talking to herself. ] Though, to be honest, that would make more sense; a lot of people died, right? And we were all weaker. So whatever we're tied to could be scientific in nature after all.

... It's not a bad theory, though I've got no real proof. It's all circumstantial.