[Komaeda is quiet as Hinata speaks, listening. He understands he thinks -- which is surprising in a way, that Komaeda does understand, after how difficult it's been in the past for him to see past his own ideas of hope.

But he shakes his head.]

I don't think there's any right or wrong way to react. It keeps happening, that people we care about disappear entirely. That sort of thing, going through it again and again... mm. It's like a scar, isn't it? [An emotional scar.

And besides,] And we'll see them again, too. So even this... it's only temporary.