"Just them." He can't say he regrets it yet, but he's too focused on her last question to bother trying to read into whatever implications she's trying to pin on him. After after a long moment of pause, he says, throat dry, voice raspy enough it sounds like it's suddenly been stretched far too thin, to the point that obvious distress sings over every syllable, "Ken Amada and Koromaru are in Strega?"
He can handle Minato being in Strega, as off as it seems to him. He was an orphan, so he may have very well been taken away for testing by the Kirijo group. The process that went on there was horrible, and if he follows that line of thought, he can't say he's surprised Minato ended up with the other three and became who he was. He can see that line of development.
He can accept the existence of Minami, though he's suddenly unsure why Minako isn't present, as they had been twins, but he supposes it's just another one of the world's idiosyncrasies. Or maybe the Minato in that world hadn't seen any need to mention someone that died many years ago. But even if that's the case, in any world, a person doesn't necessarily have to exist. All it takes is minor thing being changed to cause the dominos to fall in an entirely different direction—and that could mean someone suddenly not being born.
But Amada being in Strega—that's not where he belongs. And not Koromaru either. Amada was just a kid. He didn't need to be surrounded by more murderers than he had to be. He had to live with one back in his September. He didn't need to live with more, especially not someone as cruel as Takaya.
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He can handle Minato being in Strega, as off as it seems to him. He was an orphan, so he may have very well been taken away for testing by the Kirijo group. The process that went on there was horrible, and if he follows that line of thought, he can't say he's surprised Minato ended up with the other three and became who he was. He can see that line of development.
He can accept the existence of Minami, though he's suddenly unsure why Minako isn't present, as they had been twins, but he supposes it's just another one of the world's idiosyncrasies. Or maybe the Minato in that world hadn't seen any need to mention someone that died many years ago. But even if that's the case, in any world, a person doesn't necessarily have to exist. All it takes is minor thing being changed to cause the dominos to fall in an entirely different direction—and that could mean someone suddenly not being born.
But Amada being in Strega—that's not where he belongs. And not Koromaru either. Amada was just a kid. He didn't need to be surrounded by more murderers than he had to be. He had to live with one back in his September. He didn't need to live with more, especially not someone as cruel as Takaya.