[He considers the question for a moment. Hinata focused on that over all else. He hums softly, gesturing to the air, making doubly sure the energy drain on himself is steady. Too erractic and he'd pass out at the other's feet. Komaeda refuses to owe the other boy anything. He takes his time to scan the books as if he might never answer at all.]

It doesn't matter anymore, not to me. I'm dead and once I find a way to send you back where you belong. It won't matter to you either.

[He turns away from him, walking over to a shelf and pulling a file report from it.] But tread lightly around her. The mysteries surrounding our class are very interesting to her.

[There's no point or any desire on his part to bring up that the thing he'd asked her about first was Hinata.]