( komaeda pauses, pale green eyes remain rested upon noah's form, and his expression while the other admits his goal. to protect everyone here by making sure no one dies, and shockingly, can komaeda truly be part of that design? not that he needs anyone's help to prevent him from dying when he's so lucky, he's meant to see miserable things around him while he stays alive. that's how it works. compared to the other who's been in unfortunate events between having to fight and kill, komaeda has only seen death of those that drop like flies because of being near him. for once, that smile of his falls, and he seems to have reservations with noah's ideal. )

.....

( he's silent for once, taking in the words spoken to him as he rummages through his mind on what matters and what doesn't. though, one thing does stand out to komaeda while he's contemplating noah's decision, and it's that one word: hope. to hear that his hope is something as simple as that, and to even hear that he wants to get out — the ultimate cannot betray his feelings any longer, he once again smiles wider than before and chuckles right after. he appears to be in a good mood, better than he was those minutes ago when he couldn't understand what the other was saying to him. )

Do you really mean that? ( they don't even know how the girl in the glass case died, or if she was even murdered by someone else. this could be her decision, truthfully, but how will they know since she left nothing behind outside of the box to explain that. ) What I'm saying is.. hmm... how do we know that something bad happened to her, this could have been her choice. Her hope that she wanted to show us! ( he's rambling, but he doesn't seem to be pulling at straws as if he's backed into a corner, instead, he truly seems to believe what he's saying to both of them. )

What if someone wants to do this to help you all, you'll deny them that too.. even if that was our only option left?

( noah's hope — he wants to bask in more of it. )