The island did try to grant our collective wish of wanting to go home! But something went wrong down the line and the entire island was submerged in a flood for three straight days. That was the harrowing incident I mentioned about earlier, actually.

[ so, you know. oof. ]

We were summoned here to save this world... Or at least that's my understanding of it. And until it's resolved, going home won't be easy. Hopefully you weren't doing something important in the middle of all this.

[ he explains all this in a casual tone, as though he's gone through something like this before in his world. which he has. ]