[Sanzang looks shocked and then heartbroken] Died? But that's-- Is that what happened to the ones in your world...?

[She's not sure if he's a different version of one of her traveling companions (likely, given her general reaction to him and how comfortable she is) or maybe his version of the well-known story is just different (also likely).

She presses a sleeve to her mouth and half-turns away, her grief a little more overwhelming than she expected it to be.] They were just children... [She trails off and closes her eyes a moment to collect herself before she answers.] In my world, they traveled with all of us. At the end of our journey, they went home along with everyone else- Master Gojyo took them back himself...