Except Link, but then again, Link is part of Central. Allen didn't exactly get to ask after anybody. Mostly, the Vatican did all of the asking while Allen strove to keep his silence. He turns a worried look on Lavi then, having caught the note of guilt in his tone, though it's quickly replaced by one of warm reassurance.

"I know the other teams came home around the same time, though, and that's several days before Lenalee was brought here, so... He must've held out for about a week already."

A smile, the same one he had worn in a crumbling, blank canvass of a city with all of their comrades scattered or worse, and nothing left to do but to believe.

"Chaoji's tough, remember? He stuck with us through the Ark ― barehanded. Matron and the Science Division will help him get better."