It felt like someone simultaneously lifted a sandbag off his chest while punching him in the gut, and Prof. Hypno flopped back into bed. His twitchy half-smile spread across his face. Mulberry was alive! He sniffed and choked back the lump in his throat. His trainer and friend was alive!
He wanted to cry, but that could just be the drugs in his system.
Prof. Hypno sniffed again, swallowed, and then looked back at the Chansey. "Could you tell someone to tell Mulberry that I'm alive? I still have more projects to do, so I don't know when I'll be able to go back to Birch's..."
It was obvious that despite the suspicious circumstances that resulted in his injury or his sickly appearance, Prof. Hypno didn't entirely realize that he was perhaps being held against his will.