"I got here in mid-March. The first one... I wasn't really affected, but it was sort of like everyone was suddenly characters in a really badly written movie or book. They were all acting strange, and none of it made any sense."

Chouji is curious too. His teammates have been here so long without him, after all. He knows that even if they did give him a briefing and let him know what to watch out for, they've glossed over the worst of whatever they've gone through here. They don't want him to worry about them, of course, but that's part of being a team: concern for teammates, wanting to help them, care for them. That feeling is even stronger than usual right now.