[003. video]

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[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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[Killua looks down at the PCD, frowning at Gon's question before moving out to find him.]

...yo.

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[Gon's sitting cross-legged outside on a lump of crumbling concrete, watching his own device intently. He glances up at Killua and smiles immediately.]

Hi!

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[kill_joo_ded]

[He stops short of the concrete, poking it with a finger as if to test its sturdiness.]

What're you thinking, asking weird things like that? It's not like you at all.

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[freecssofnature]

Oh, on the network?

[He sets the PCD down, speaking slowly at first, his gaze distant.] I've been trying to find something wrong with the other place all week, but so far, it looks just as real as here.

I still think this one is real, but I wanted to know! Because maybe next time it'll be harder to tell....

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[kill_joo_ded]

Well, am I there?

[Just a little petulant. Just a little.]

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...

[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....

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[kill_joo_ded]

You're not there in mine either.

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[freecssofnature]

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

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[kill_joo_ded]

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.

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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.

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[kill_joo_ded]

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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[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.

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[kill_joo_ded]

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.

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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.]

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[kill_joo_ded]

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

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[freecssofnature]

But they ought to allow visitors!