With the TV off, the silence in the room was deafening. The realization of how fun the hospital was compared to this place started setting in. He wished that he never had to leave the hospital, most especially because of his escapades with the nurses and how they made his stay there much fun but he reminded himself that moving in with Dahlia was the best option because he could not afford to have the doctor figure out more than he had figured already.
Elio does not need to be told before he knew about the skepticism of the doctor and seems to be putting two and two together to form clues that may give him an answer to his questions. It would only take him a few hours of committed research on the internet for him to find out everything. Elio was not ready to take that risk with anyone.
