[Wally's attempt at changing back the subject is hard to miss, but if he doesn't want to talk about it, then Fujimaru won't press him. The question's still in his head, but it's the same as Wally told him back then: if he wants to talk about it, then Fujimaru will be there to listen.
Until then...]
... I just wanted to ask a question—to get a second opinion on something.
[It's his turn to force himself into sounding composed when he isn't. Like this is a perfectly innocent question and the wrong answer won't turn him into more of a wreck than he already is.
... Though the fact that he's even asking for someone else's opinion instead of just dealing with it on his own might already be a sign of how desperate he is.]
The only way to end up in this place—aside from being a local, that is—is to be abducted, right?
voice;
Until then...]
... I just wanted to ask a question—to get a second opinion on something.
[It's his turn to force himself into sounding composed when he isn't. Like this is a perfectly innocent question and the wrong answer won't turn him into more of a wreck than he already is.
... Though the fact that he's even asking for someone else's opinion instead of just dealing with it on his own might already be a sign of how desperate he is.]
The only way to end up in this place—aside from being a local, that is—is to be abducted, right?