[He has no way of actually taking stock in the validity of Hinata's statement, but the reassurance that, hey, they're not dead, is something that he can blindly trust. Almost like he tends to hear what he wants to hear. He sighs outward, and with that breath, carries the subtle fear that's been building in the back of his brain.]

Virtual world?

[Sure, it seems better than Ryuji's suggestion, but even then, it didn't even seem remotely right.]

No, it ain't a normal thing to visit space, but I don't think we got the technology to trick people into thinkin' they were in a whole other world, either. At least---

[He's about to start talking about the Metaverse, the subcutaneous layer of consciousness under the human psyche that has a physical location slid under the depths of Tokyo, but as his team leader once (twice, a million times) said- he should probably learn to keep a low profile if he's in a situation where he doesn't know who to trust.

That said, he wants to discern something, and quickly, he changes the course of the conversation.]

If this is virtual... hmnn... Hinata, take a swing at me. Nice 'n hard. [He wouldn't feel it if it were, right?]