[ Carlos has experienced this feeling before- the nauseating weight of bearing bad news- back on the few occasions he’d had to inform the families of his scientists about a lab accident. Thankfully there had been no deaths involved (just one minor injury and the production of an extra limb, which had actually doubled the tech’s efficiency) but that didn’t make it any easier. It doesn’t help now, either. ]

That’s… [ Where does he even begin? He seems to struggle for the right words. The comm flickers from just audio to a video feed of a very apologetic looking man. ] Wonderland seems to bring us here randomly, and… sometimes, it sends us back the same way. If your brother’s room is empty, that means he’s been sent back to whatever world and timeline you came from. He's not here anymore.