User blog comment:Goregutz619/HXH episode 117 discussion/@comment-48285-20140220035535/@comment-14902757-20140220121756

It seemed to me that Killua may have been affected by what Gon said but he's been rueful like that ever since they started running away from the stairways. If you watch the beginning of ep 117 once more, that moment when Meleoron tapped Killua's back is when Killua decided to leave/disappear from the last episode. Though not for abandoning a comrade for what he said but for a more meaningful use of time. It's just too childish to leave Gon while he's out of control without a very good reason and Killua may be a kid but he's more mature than that. I may be wrong if everything's been said and done in the manga but at least this is how I wanna look at the current situation. Thanks for the info Jaadowg. I'll consider doing a review if you and Goregutz don't beat me to it. I'm at work when the show airs. haha.