I thought the same, for a while. [Whether his friends would search for him hadn't been his main worry. Luckily, he won't have to find out just how long they could survive in a strange place without him. Events have, at least, been that kind.] But the longer you stay here, the more you'll hear differently. Everyone I know of who's left and come back speaks of stepping into the exact moment from which they were taken, carrying right on from there.

...If you have any other questions about this place, go ahead and ask. Better me than whoever was supposed to meet you when you first arrived here.