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“Sooooo’s...I have been lost...”

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He trained for this sort of question, right?! Uh..not really, but.. you know, he could still...

"..Er...I'm Ninten! ....it..ah! Wait, what time is it, really?"

"…I thought so. In any case… I’m Killua. Why are you running around in the dead of night again?"

With a flashlight and probably a bit scared, at that? They appeared to be just a little kid. Not that that meant much. 

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"I'm not sure...I don't think we've met."

He nods, shining the flashlight elsewhere. The other's voice doesn't seem familiar, so...

"Ah? …Yeah, I guess so. …Have we met before?"

Though Killua doesn’t seem particularly perturbed by the darkness of night.

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Grips kind of tightly to a flashlight; he really dislikes the dead of night...

"Isn't it really late already?"

"It’s boring here. I guess it’s time to head off if there’s nothing to do."

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"I think about the oddest things...."

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"You...changed?" Needless to say, Ninten's really worried about this fact. "How would you ever change back?!"

"Oh?" Stares at. "You have a tail--"

"I do."

“‘Cause I’m a— was a dog. It’s complicated.”

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"Annoying?" He blanks out, but says no further on that. He swears he's heard that before--didn't it mean like...oh! Oh yeah! "Um...one of them tried to attack me so I kind of..."

"Ignored it. I don't know if it followed me.."

Can't hurt the doggie, after all.

Pokes at. "Fuel! What are those weird dog things--?"

"Oh, the muttshroom thingies?"

"I dunno what their deal is but they’re pretty annoyin’."

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"I don't. But the biggest place in Merrysville seems...like a good spot."

"I found the rocket thing you told me about! I think--"

"Oh, sweet."

"Do you know where you’re going to next?"

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"You..were a dog? 'Complicated'....? Er--...What's that mean?"

"Oh?" Stares at. "You have a tail--"

"I do."

“‘Cause I’m a— was a dog. It’s complicated.”

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"Oh--"

He breathes out, casting his gaze towards the ground. "...I..I like helping people..."

"Well you look mighty fine today~!" Grin. "How's it goin'?"

"I don’t know..! All of my friends..well, my almost friends…they all seem to be feeling odd right now.”

Quiet nod.

"I am trying to help out!"

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((i'M LAUGHING SO HARD OMFG))

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"I don't know her name--I just...heard her, and I..."

"Je ne suis pas intelligent, mais timide...or um...I'm really bad at helping."

"Well you look mighty fine today~!" Grin. "How's it goin'?"

"I don’t know..! All of my friends..well, my almost friends…they all seem to be feeling odd right now.”

Quiet nod.

"I am trying to help out!"

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"That's okay! It would be Lucas, and I asked other me a thing too. So far I think things are okay...mais--there's this girl who isn't too well..."

"Well you look mighty fine today~!" Grin. "How's it goin'?"

"I don’t know..! All of my friends..well, my almost friends…they all seem to be feeling odd right now.”

Quiet nod.

"I am trying to help out!"

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"Well you look mighty fine today~!" Grin. "How's it goin'?"

"I don't know..! All of my friends..well, my almost friends...they all seem to be feeling odd right now."

Quiet nod.

"I am trying to help out!"

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"Where are you guys even coming from?"

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He lifts his head, staring at the other now. Gosh, his heart is racing, and while his thoughts are going a mile a minute, they aren't manifesting into anything useful.

But.. he's still...he's still somewhat happy...                                      despite everything it's buried under...

"It...I.."

No, come on! He can speak, he has to! But the last thing Ninten wants to do his hurt the other, and that's one of the main reasons his speech is so hung up.

But he's gotta...

"I'm still not...s-sure...how I feel about this--"

It's working. Sort of. Kind of. A little bit. Maybe. Something like that. Possibly? Hopefully?!

"I'll.. I'll have an answer though! O-One day, or.. maybe even s-soon...I don't know.."

"It’s…"

He’s really nervous, now. Nervous in a happy way— butterflies in his stomach, sort of? He can actually feel his own heartbeat, hear it, even— is that a bad thing?

… No, he almost immediately decides it’s not. He reaches for the other’s hand, but slowly drops his own to his side.

"It’s alright."

 He moves his hands to his chest. It’s reassuring, these words— not directed anywhere in particular.

"You don’t have to say anythin’ yet…"

A slight laugh. “It’s alright. I’ll wait and maybe— just maybe, one day, you’ll be able to say something…”

He stops his laughter— “… I’ll wait for you, forever, if it takes that long.”