[His frown tights at Komaeda's words, and his look fixes into a glare.]

Hold it right there! This talent is not something I was born with. It was honed through years of hard work! No one should be considered a worm, when they have the power to do anything with the power of hard work!

[And the way he talks is... it's unsettling. It sends a chill down his spine, because the idea of killing someone to get out - it just reminds him of Hope's Peak. The place that he was trying to leave behind...]

S-something as lowly and insidious as murder will accomplish nothing! Hope will not rot. It... it will continue to flourish, as we work on getting out of here!