[ It's too strange to hear the waves -- as unreal as they are -- in his head as Hinata decides to sit next to him, adjusting his tie. ]

It's fine if you don't, because... I do. It's nothing in related to the murder. It's just that I remembered a little bit more about my time in Hope's Peak.

[ A beat, as he finds himself hitching a breath. ] You remember the Twilight incident, don't you? Apparently I remembered Kuzuryuu's sister transferring into my class. I guess laying down in a prison cell does that to you.

[ He feels so... small and alone at times, honestly. ]