[James doesn't meet his gaze until he returns. He's technically moved past the horrors he saw in this town the last time he visited, but nonetheless, such things weigh heavy even with passing recollection.]

That was the reason I was brought here last time. I received a letter from Mary, which was impossible because she had already died.

[But it was the town's doing; his mind's doing? Both are true in Silent Hill.]

What I mean to say is that most people have personal reasons for finding themselves in this town.