Beats me. I guess CERES had a tall order crackin' the code of someone as complicated as me!
[and yeah, that's 100% sarcastic. After all, how should he know? The last thing he remembers is the cooldown period after almost getting elected hunter chairman.]
[ The word is short and clipped. Gon vanishing has left him less than happy about, well, anything, but he's not exactly looking to let on how bothered he is by it. ]
I asked someone. Stuff like this happens all the time, I guess.
[Well, now he feels bad. Once again, there was nothing he could do for him. He guesses he just has to go back to treating it the way he would if he had never been there in the first place - as someone he'll work his hardest to save. Still...]
I would have liked to see him too. [He sighs.] Well, you know where to go now, if you want someone to talk to.
[ Possibly Killua could sound a little less insultingly skeptical, like talking to Leorio isn't even an option, but only if he tries. And only if he wiped that shit-eating grin off his face that makes it clear he's messing with Leorio.
Instead of, you know, letting this turn into a heartfelt discussion about how Killua might, possibly, be missing Gon. ]
[ What, murder-y and revenge-y isn't the perfect combination? Killua thinks it's pretty legit. ]
How much trouble could we get in? [ Before Leorio can give the obvious answer, Killua forges on ahead. ] Anyway, I'm gonna come over. Have something for me to eat waiting, okay? I'm super hungry.
[yeah that helps so much thanks Killua. Leorio is left to scoot into his kitchen and figure out what he can make in the time it takes for him to come over. What the hell does he even have? Pasta? Sure, why not. Everyone likes pasta!! He's just turning the heat off the stove when the knock on the door comes.] Uh, hang on!
[just gonna quickly move these off the heat before he answers the door and - stares a bit, because why are there animals. He can't tell they're robots at first glance]
Hey, Killua! What's this, did they make you a petting zoo keeper or something?
Nope. [ As if they could make him do something lame like that. No, instead, he proclaims, cheerily: ] I brought them for you. I figured you'd be lonely.
[ Isn't he a kind, thoughtful friend? Who is totally not trying to unload an unwanted bunch of robot companions on someone. Why, Killua would never do that. ]
[ There's a couple normal pets, a cat and a dog. And then a few that might have wandered out of a forest to be in a Disney movie: a squirrel, a rabbit, and a bird. And then there's the last two. Even Killua isn't quite sure what kinds of animals they are, but boy do they have a lot of weird appendages and tentacles and eyestalks. ]
Great, you need to catch up with how this place works, anyway, they'll be perfect practice. All you need to know is they don't like it when you go after them with a screwdriver.
[ Says Killua, as though speaking from experience. ]
[This assortment would almost not be creepy if it weren't for the last two. But no, he's still unsure, and it's hard to even argue it since it was so unexpected. And that note isn't lost on him.]
What did you do?
[After scooping up some pasta and sauce onto the plate, he sets it down for Killua and one for himself]
[ Killua contrives to look innocent as he sits down at the table. He really does, it's just that, well. Leorio knows him. The act probably doesn't work so well. ]
I was totally just trying to fix one of them. Gon got mad, though.
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