[Ah, but if Ayumu fell apart so easily, Homura wouldn't find her nearly so interesting as he does. The unchanged expression doesn't phase him, nor deter his determination to not only pick apart her mindset, but also his own. There has to be a reason, after all, that he does feel such concern. Something dangerous is happening for Ayumu, or so his instincts tell him. He simply hasn't been able to reason out what it is just yet.]

I knew you before the experiment. And I believe I also told you that you held my interest. That is enough for me to act, when I wish.

Now, I'll ask you why--why do you struggle so hard to put on a mask of indifference, Ayumu? Everyone around you would understand how the experiment cut to your core. In fact, even without you telling them, they should know because they know you.

They simply may not know how afraid your alter-ego was of what you truly are. Perhaps the reverse is true as well. After all, how separate are you really, from that person the Malnosso made you out to be?