"Ivan started yelling and broke his shamisen in the middle of it all. Us playing." It's a quiet confession as she rubs the back of one hand nervously. With recent events, she's now even more worried about the implications than ever before.

"I remember clearly, because... We had to wait for a new one to be brought in. And during the latter half of the lockdown, he just- went missing. I asked around, and I heard he'd been taken away because he wasn't well and had to be treated. I just thought it was because he'd caught something when we were all down there... But Yan had to be taken away too, didn't he?"