Saying that doing this would build experience and be useful, and so on.
"Um..." Karuizawa had finished washing up by then, but she did not immediately leave the sink. She seemed curious. "Horikita, is there really nothing unusual about your mood or behavior right now?"
"Hmm?"
Horikita felt there was something grammatically wrong with Karuizawa's wording.
"Um, I mean, you just finished participating in that debate, and you were on the opposing side. Now that the debate is over, isn't anything strange when you face Hachiman?"
"..." Horikita fell silent.
Horikita knew that both her brother and Hachiman hoped she would interact with more people and improve her social skills.
But...
Why could she still not understand what Karuizawa was saying?
What did she mean by going through that debate class and then still being able to face Hachiman normally?
What was strange about those two things?
Or rather...
"Karuizawa, you were also on the opposing side, weren't you?" Horikita said. "Over the course of the class, the other students on the opposing side and I put forward many debate points. Even if you mean that you still haven't fully remembered or understood them, I can't help you with that."
"However, I organized the arguments from students speaking for both sides. If you need them, come to my dorm tonight," Horikita said.
Ah.
Karuizawa felt that Horikita had misunderstood.
Still.
Even though they had been assigned to different groups, and their plan to recruit other classes into an alliance had passively failed, Horikita could still offer help under circumstances where every group was focused on its own exams. Horikita really had done everything she could for the class.
But...
That was not what Karuizawa wanted to ask.
She wanted to ask whether Horikita really had no reaction after participating in