[it's back, he wants to say. but explaining it wouldn't do any good to a stranger. it would leave him looking far weaker and stranger than he wants to while his head is still processing the facts he heard earlier, and so by the time Hinata gets over, Chrollo's at least standing up.]

Yeah, I think so. Everything's been going by so fast today, I needed a moment to check that it wasn't some strange dream and I'd hear my friends scolding me for oversleeping.

[the lie comes out smoothly, without a hitch to be felt. it's an excuse he knows is simple enough to be bought.]

You though, that thing was going to eat you.