[ He opens his mouth to argue otherwise, to say that it's not like he universally believes all people are worth the effort— he has his reservations about Komaeda, after all, even if he still wants to try, and that student whose soul is sealed in that laptop which Nanami had to encourage him not to give up on.

But Rika isn't Komaeda, and she isn't a fragment either, and so he ducks his head a little, trying to meet Rika's eyes again. ]

...I'm the one who gets to decide who's worth it to me. Please don't try to change my mind, Kawai-san. If my feelings come back to bite me in the ass later, I'll accept those consequences.