[For a moment, her only response is the sound of his carefully tailored breathing, trying not to sound too choked up or panicked. Eventually, he manages to swallow the lump of emotion in his throat, exhaling slowly to compose himself.]
I... didn't think he'd go. [After everything they'd done with Kanade... Hinata had no reason to think that Otonashi would go until everything had been resolved. Other people leaving was sad, but everyone had their own demons to overcome, their own things holding them back... Did satisfaction no longer have any bearing on who came and went? Hinata had left and returned, after all, but his reason for being in the afterlife... No. He couldn't think about that right now.]
I-I'll be alright. My roommate is gone too, so I'm just... a little shaken, I guess.
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I... didn't think he'd go. [After everything they'd done with Kanade... Hinata had no reason to think that Otonashi would go until everything had been resolved. Other people leaving was sad, but everyone had their own demons to overcome, their own things holding them back... Did satisfaction no longer have any bearing on who came and went? Hinata had left and returned, after all, but his reason for being in the afterlife... No. He couldn't think about that right now.]
I-I'll be alright. My roommate is gone too, so I'm just... a little shaken, I guess.