[Hinata blinks. Well, from the type of guy he saw that Naegi was in the short time he'd had to learn about him and interact with him... No, it's still a surprise, all right, how readily he accepts it.

Not that Hinata's not grateful.]

... Aa, you have. And I appreciate it. After all, if it wasn't for that, we might not have gotten a chance at all and all wound up killed instead.

[Even if things happened the way that they had, at least there's still a chance. However small.]