Maybe you're right. The others will move on... or they should. I really can't speak to how well an individual might adapt, but contact could interfere with their ability to do so.

[That might have been a little tactless, but it's also supporting her resolution.]

I was responsible for a small team, in my last situation. Mostly people with technical capabilities: we worked on the network. In the absence of information, they might assume that something terrible has happened to me, when that really isn't the case... but that's assuming they're aware I'm gone at all.

And to be honest, we'd gotten used to people disappearing.