"Survive, primarily. There's too much we don't know. It's impossible to even begin to identify the potential threats, and our position as... undocumented victims of human trafficking, if we're being completely frank, is highly vulnerable," Mingyu points out, lips thinning at the thought. "So I mean to establish myself and gather as much information as I can so I can make an informed next step. Ultimately, whatever magic brought me here can, in theory, bring anyone and anything else here as well. It should be clear what about that is attractive to me, but first I need to make sure here isn't a worse bag of cats than I left behind."

He shrugs.

"I'm guessing you have much bigger picture considerations than that," he muses, rubbing his temples lightly as he recalls a few of Five's desperate thoughts, his despair, the walls closing in— "Makes my head spin. I don't envy you at all."