Shouji pushes himself up to his feet, discarding his book for the moment. He won't reach out to touch again unless she welcomes it, for now just wanting to be close enough to speak without using his quirk.

"You broke in this instance, after how long being battered by your life both before, and while on board the Serena? You're not weak just because you bowed under so much pressure," he says quietly. "The man that I was forced to fight in our war, he accepted a terrible deal for the same reasons. Maybe I wouldn't have accepted it as quickly, but I wasn't there. I didn't know. I just know that you being here means that you made it past that moment."