[She never really needed his help with smiling at all, Hinata thinks as he looks at her. She just needs her own reasons to smile. But he shakes his head at the thanks.] He's a good guy. I'm glad he came to want to work together with us. It was a relief.

[But... on to a more solemn topic. There's no way that he can at all find saying this easy. He pauses and he looks around, as if checking to see if anyone's within earshot (while it's not a super secret that doesn't mean he wants others to hear it).

A little further, gesturing her along as he goes.]

...Do you remember when Monokuma was talking about how our world was destroyed?