[Hinata nods slowly, but his expression lightens a bit as he hears her call it real.] Aa. And the bonds we form with people are real, too, no matter where or what they might be from. [Maybe it's easier to accept because he feels so attached to Nanami, who he knows is an AI.]

It would be good if we can figure out that way. A way to get past that barrier, or shut it down, a way to fight that corporation... and do something for this whole place.

Even the people who live here outside, what kind of lives are they living? I wonder if it's anything like ours...

[But he reaches out as she looks down, placing his hand on her shoulder firmly.] We won't give up. I'm going to believe that there's still something that we can do, that we will be able to find out a solution.