That makes sense, what both of them say, and he finds himself nodding along like a numb bobblehead. Down there. He swallows, feeling the need to share something else now.

"There was... a specimen room, before. Out in the woods, I guess. There's probably something like that under the lake, too." If not the same one, just moved. He supposes they should go down there and investigate, in that case. He had been trying to put it off after Elena died finding the door, honestly. "Buddy system?" he suggests brightly after a moment. He super doesn't like the idea of any one of them going alone.