[ 'Servant'. The word doesn't echo loudly, but that Red repeats it in his head can be heard most quietly, in a non-deliberate fashion, somewhere far off. It's the only word from him for a while as he takes in what's been said, and the conversation they're getting into.

The indication that he is about to speak, though difficult to take for one, is when Gengar stops where she's going, then turns properly to Komaeda. ]

Gengar can carry you here quicker, if you're okay with it. It'll be cold, but she can keep you low to the ground. Just approach her or shake your head. [ The offer breaks his silence, and Gengar's body dips halfway into the ground while the darkness raises up to her arms, dangling off from them. By appearances, it doesn't look like she should be able to carry anything at all, but it was up to Komaeda to give a signal that he would take the offer or not.

Regardless, Red continues. ] Hinata's never been Kamukura to me. He agreed to their experiment, but he didn't agree to stop being Hinata... They took that away from him. I don't hold Kamukura's action against him.

What they did to him-- they were bastards for how far they went.

[ The words were clear and decided, the last not hiding his disgust. Whatever uncertainties had been with Red a week ago when it came about rights and wrongs wasn't present now, and that-- it had never been over Hinata. ]

As long as all of you don't want to hurt others for a reason like despair, your past... I'll judge you for who you are now. Not who you were.