[ there's a pause, at that. ]

. . . if someone were here, with me, I would know.

[ it's said . . . slowly, uncertainly. unsure at what deku is getting at. ]

I am alone, here. I have searched this place, with everything I have. And I have not found anything, much less her. She is gone, and I am sorry if hearing a strange voice was . . .

[ she pauses. ]

Are you certain it was not me? I try to greet everyone, when they get here. It was not my voice?