[Hinata's entire face goes pale, mind wiped clear of everything else but that one sentence as his veins fill with ice.
"You don't remember dying, do you?"]
Of... Of course I don't, I've never...
[He's never?
His voice trails off. He can't say that with certainty, can he?]
Unless... [He swallows hard.] That time with Saihara... I thought it had to be a bad dream, but...
["There's no way I'd be here if I'd died."
It's what he instinctually goes to say. But there's no way he can say that to Rokuro of all people, is there?]
...How the hell is this possible? [Hinata staggers back, then to the side - reaches out to catch the wall, because if he doesn't right now he might collapse. There's a sick, dizzy feeling that sweeps through his body even as a sudden exhaustion weighs it down. He feels like when Monokuma told them they had to kill to leave Jabberwock, but it's amplified.] When- [His voice trembles, breaks, so Hinata squeezes his eyes shut and tries again.] When you... were alive again. Were there names of people that you weren't able to say, too?
[It's not really what Hinata wants to say - not the words he thinks either of them needs right now. But it's taking everything he has to not break down, so he grasps hold of the most logical things left to him. Decipher the truth. Figure out what's different between Rokuro's experience and his, and maybe something will become apparent.]
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"You don't remember dying, do you?"]
Of... Of course I don't, I've never...
[He's never?
His voice trails off. He can't say that with certainty, can he?]
Unless... [He swallows hard.] That time with Saihara... I thought it had to be a bad dream, but...
["There's no way I'd be here if I'd died."
It's what he instinctually goes to say. But there's no way he can say that to Rokuro of all people, is there?]
...How the hell is this possible? [Hinata staggers back, then to the side - reaches out to catch the wall, because if he doesn't right now he might collapse. There's a sick, dizzy feeling that sweeps through his body even as a sudden exhaustion weighs it down. He feels like when Monokuma told them they had to kill to leave Jabberwock, but it's amplified.] When- [His voice trembles, breaks, so Hinata squeezes his eyes shut and tries again.] When you... were alive again. Were there names of people that you weren't able to say, too?
[It's not really what Hinata wants to say - not the words he thinks either of them needs right now. But it's taking everything he has to not break down, so he grasps hold of the most logical things left to him. Decipher the truth. Figure out what's different between Rokuro's experience and his, and maybe something will become apparent.]