["...we can't keep our eyes off of the end goal for even a moment...we can't let ourselves become liabilities either, so we do everything we're told without question..."

He knows that Sayaka is talking about her fellow idols there but honestly, it resonates very closely with him as well, for reasons he has not yet shared. He quietly watches her speak, revealing some of her true feelings, his own expression showing a good deal of confliction because damn this is hitting close to home.]

Of course they will. [He finally says, the bitterness that is always so welled up within him spilling out just a little bit.] We may have our status now thanks to our efforts and the opportunity they gave to us, but they know they can take it away in an instant. And so we must persist, even if we have to step over others in the process.

[...Mm. Maybe that was a bit too much, in hindsight. But something just came over him there. Ah, well.]