[Go right ahead and cry. Otonashi might not always seem patient—especially not with borderline insane antics—but when it comes to a person's well-being, he's nothing but a saint.]

Hinata... We'll go back. We have to, don't we? If the way to be reborn is to accept our fates, then... I know you haven't. Yuri hasn't! I... [He hesitates. What did he even have to accept? Could he ever leave if he never remembered? It scares him; as much as he feels like he should remember, none of his memories reappear to him. Is it so bad that he shouldn't remember? Would things change if he did? Though Otonashi hesitates, he says nothing of his fears.

Still, he can't take back that long pause.]

I'm... sure we'll be back. If I... went back before, I'll go again.