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[freecssofnature]

[He's frowning intently when the video feed starts, but he doesn't hesitate to speak. This has been eating at him for a few days now -- and he can't figure it out himself; so finally he thought he might as well ask...

Maybe someone knows.]

How can you tell what's real?

[That's it; he gives a quick nod and cuts the feed.]

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[freecssofnature.livejournal.com]

...

[Okay... maybe his attempts to find something wrong have been a little too focused on trying to see or smell or hear something that doesn't fit, and not enough focused on thinking about things that ought to be there.]

No, there's nobody I know....

[offline]

[kill-joo-ded.livejournal.com]

You're not there in mine either.

[video]

[taijiya]

[Tired Sango is tired.]

They--the Animus--don't want you to be able to.

[That's what she's been telling herself, and that's what she believes until she falls asleep.]

[video]

[grandtheftbody.livejournal.com]

What do you want to be real?

[offline]

[freecssofnature.livejournal.com]

[He shifts, unfolding his legs and dangling them over the edge of the concrete.] Hey, Killua? What are yours like?

[video]

[freecssofnature.livejournal.com]

I guess not. But it's weird that it's so perfect... right? If they made it all up, they ought to get something wrong.

[He lets out a loud sigh, flopping onto his back and lifting the device up over his face.] Maybe it's just a really good fake.

[video]

[freecssofnature.livejournal.com]

This place.

But I want to know if there's a way to tell...

[impertinenti]

How would they be certain of how it will be when we return?

[video]

[grandtheftbody.livejournal.com]

Does it matter? If this is the place that you want to be real, then simply let it be real to you.

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[kill-joo-ded.livejournal.com]

Pretty boring. [He leans against the pile rather than join Gon on top, drawing invisible circles with the heel of his shoe.] There's nothing in my room 'cause I could use it as a weapon, and they chained me down after I attacked the orderlies.

[Video//Private//Unhackable]

[feel-nevermore.livejournal.com]

You gotta look for inconsistency. For what's not logic.

This place is real. At least more real than whatever asylum we're stuck into at night.

[offline]

[freecssofnature.livejournal.com]

They could beat you? [Startled. Those must be really strong orderlies.]

...I'm really weak in mine, and they won't tell me what happened or how long it's been.

[video]

[freecssofnature.livejournal.com]

But what if the place I want to be real isn't the right one?

[Video//Private//Unhackable]

[freecssofnature.livejournal.com]

Oh.

[...But he's not that good at logic.]

That's what I think too, but I wanted to be sure.

[freecssofnature.livejournal.com]

Um... I didn't ask.

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[kill-joo-ded.livejournal.com]

Not the orderlies. They were weak. I don't know who did it; it was while I was here. But they had to have used nen. What kinda dumbass hospital employs nen users?!

[He pouts haughtily and kicks at the ground.]

If you think me or Leorio or Kurapica or Palm or any of the others would let them do that to you, you really are crazy.

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[freecssofnature.livejournal.com]

[Gon flops backward, hands behind his head.] Yeah... That's weird! Maybe when you're here you're asleep there.

[-- and he shoots Killua a grin.] I wouldn't let them keep you there if you wanted to leave either! Even if they did have nen users.

[impertinenti]

Then, how do you know?

[freecssofnature.livejournal.com]

[Killua wouldn't have told him that if it wasn't true, but...]

Do you think it's not true?

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[kill-joo-ded.livejournal.com]

Obviously! I figured that out the first day!

[Because even if something happened to Gon and the others, his family wouldn't stand for it. No one with the ability to be recognized as a pro-Hunter should be able to end up in a situation like that, not involuntarily. It doesn't make any sense because they can't lawfully hold a Hunter. Most of the Hunters they'd met had probably chosen the position because they were criminally insane and didn't want to get locked away for it.]

You'd probably knock the whole building to the ground.

[impertinenti]

Do you think it is?

[offline]

[freecssofnature.livejournal.com]

Hehe, only if they didn't let me in!

[It's different if it's just keeping them while they're sick... but not letting them go when they're well enough and they want to, that shouldn't be allowed, right?

He swings his feet back and forth, thinking.]

[freecssofnature.livejournal.com]

Yes. Because so many people wouldn't agree if it was just a guess, right?

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[kill-joo-ded.livejournal.com]

Who'd let you in, huh? You don't look anything like someone who's supposed to be there.

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[supermistfrog.livejournal.com]

For someone like you, I'm pretty sure that I can say you can't.