Thank you for getting back to me. I think your suggestion about wanting to be heard was a good one and worth considering.

To be honest, yes it does bother me a bit. It just feels very strange to have them there and then just have all of them be completely silent. There are a few that are usually fairly silent and when I go for a long time without hearing them it doesn't feel like a big deal. But all of them are quiet now, even the ones that usually have a lot to say. Part of it is also that they would notice things that I wouldn't, and it was nice to have someone let me know things about what is going on that I wasn't aware of, but after hearing it and thinking about it actually made a lot of sense.

Plus I am kind of worried that something is wrong, like mapping them was upsetting or something else happened. But it's hard to know what to do if they won't say what is going on.