Her gaze slowly left him. As she listened to what he had said, a small smile has crept upon her lips. She wanted to say that she should thank Father for making her, but decided to keep it to herself. Then silence filled and it was almost suffocating for her.
"Komaeda-san told me that I sacrificed myself.. then you must be wondering why I’m still alive, right?" Telling him would be best. Atleast that way, he can’t be stuck in the past anymore.
"When I got corrupted because of that virus some of my data was unharmed. Big Brother then took that data and used it as a base to remake me. I think that’s why my appearance and speech patterns are almost the same as the one back in that island.. Of course Big Brother has some codes of me that backed it up." Taking a deep breath, she continued with her explanation.
"Some of my original data didn’t get destroyed though. Big Brother also took those and tried to fix them. But the virus was too strong and it had too many firewalls that he couldn’t properly reboot them. I think those are my memories. See, if I try to remember any, everything glitches then crashes. Some of the memories are fine, though— but all the people are covered with black and whatever you say becomes garbled. .. "
She looked at him again, wondering if he understood it or not.
It was his turn to listen, and in response simply closed his eyes and let the information roll over him; no visual or mental interruptions to annoy him. It was strange to hear her talking about the incident like this, and had to give it to her; if he had been in the same situation he probably would have gone crazy over memories you can't full recall...almost like his actual life...Oh.
"Komaeda told you? Of course he would, he's the reason you had to sacrifice yourself in the first place." Hinata grumbled, the anger in his voice bubbling up as soon as Komaeda's name was mentioned. "Komaeda killed himself, and someone needed to be executed...So, you chose yourself." He explained, assuming she didn't know that part.
The virus talk got to him, the painful memories rushing back to him in waves. He shook it off, giving a sigh and nodding his head. "I'm...I'm sorry to hear that, Nanami." He spoke, taking a deep breath and trying to think of what else he could say. "Well...I guess we should...start over." Hinata added, holding out his hand to hers as though it was their first meeting. "Hajime Hinata...Call me Hinata."
He tried to not let it show, but this was hurting him inside. Sure, nothing big had really happened with her back in the simulation, but at the same time the friend he used to have, all the memories, all the moments...they were all gone.
