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[003. video]

[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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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.

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.

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.

[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.

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.

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.]

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

But they ought to allow visitors!

They have me tied to a bed. You think they're just gonna allow any old visitor?

[Crossing his arms. If they don't allow visitors then they can't complain when people knock doors down so they can see their friends.

Or walls. Walls might be easier!]

Then I guess I'd have to break in.

Now you're talking. Make it flashy. It really is getting boring, y'know.

I wonder, if I got out of mine, if I could find yours....

Do you know where it is?

...That'd be pretty weird. But kinda cool. I don't know where it is though. No windows and the walls are soundproof.

[Not the most cooperative patient.]

That'd be one way to see how real it is, right?

[...but he'd have to stay sleep for a pretty long time to sneak out. Hmmm.]

Yeah, I guess. So we wanna figure out where we are tonight?

Yeah! And then we can tell each other in the morning.

Alright. We can definitely do that much. Then we can figure out how long it would take to get from one hospital to the other.

If they put you back while you were awake here, then I bet we'd have to make it in just one night.

...If it's a long way, maybe we could meet in the middle!

As long as we both agree on a rendezvous point, that should be fine.

Try to grab a cellphone once you're out, too. Call my hospital and see what they say about me. I'll do the same for you.

To see if they tell somebody else the same thing as they told us, right?

Exactly.

Okay!

[Grin.] So we'll figure out where to meet when we wake up in the morning, right?

Yeah. And we'll make plans during the day.

Great. [He slips the PCD safely into his pocket and hops down from the concrete block.] We'll get out of there in no time!

Let's just hope you're not all talk.

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