[ ...He's going to blame it on the partial deafness for why he zones out for a minute or two there. Couldn't it be possible there's some superbug out there that acts really quickly and chews up different parts of the brain at random and that's why there's a large spread of symptoms. It doesn't have to be a disease that's known. ]

...Right. Uh... I don't know what sort of medical information you need, so I'll leave that to you. [ ganba Nik ]

It was Jin Ling who was hallucinating, though. The noisy brat who whines a lot and threatens people with his uncle.