[Well at least that's somewhat better than just mindlessly following him around, feeling apparently nothing. But so much had happened since he'd had that entire conversation with them, he'd forgotten about the more mind breaking aspects of it. Sure, of course he'd remember the whole "they should hate me" bit, but...

He's silent for a few moments, just staring at Shuichi with a blank expression.]

...that was a lie, Saihara-chan. The world isn't dead and gone, I was just lying to you. And so was the mastermind with that wasteland you saw.