[It's the last words that get to him, like a knife to the heart. Before, he could think through the shock, but now it's like everything's finally sinking in. His mouth wobbles.]

When...when I kept asking you about your friends, and what you'd do when you got back home... [Izuku's voice breaks and he closes his eyes against the tears that are threatening to spill.] Why didn't you say anything back then?