[ she stands quietly, listening close as hikaru speaks. all of what she says... it lines up. ochako has only spoken to kano a few times herself, but he'd said some things and done others that struck her as odd.

and when she replies, it's slow, deliberate in how she chooses her words. ]

I think... that even if you're right, and he is all of those things, that he can still be kind, in his own way. We just... have to learn how to see how he does it.

[ is kano nice? no. is he honest? no. but that doesn't automatically mean he's a terrible person, even if he tries to be. ochako believes that. ]

If... If I'm right, and he knew who hurt them, then he went out of his way to take the blame for them. I don't know why he'd do that, exactly, or if it's even remotely true, but... if it is, then I don't think we can say he isn't kind at all. And even if I'm wrong about that, he still encouraged me to think about things more, while we're here - about why things here are the way they are, or what the reason for certain things happening could be. We can't just... ignore those things.

[ she gives a soft, sad smile. ]

Especially if he really does think so little of himself. Don't people like that just need more support?