[Reentering the house later in the afternoon notified Silver of a few things: bright lights lined across their house and some weird plant in one of the doorways, and... The fact that Blue's things are gone. That happens when someone... Leaves, doesn't it?

A good portion of the rest of the afternoon is spent searching the village for her before he finally makes his way back home and pulls out his journal for a simple question. He pays a little attention to what people say and write, but not enough to have a solid enough answer.]

How can you tell whether or not someone's gone for sure?