[ There's always a lie to fall back onto -- tailor every word and sound to his own personal liking, make it convincing. But how long has it been since Goro has last been approached like this? With an open invitation of a mental challenge than something surreptitious, haphazardly done. Haru's framed with prudent honesty, methods opting towards a forward address than dragging loose ends into the forefront by way of absent-minded duplicity. He didn't like it, being exposed, held under a microscopic lens for study, but someone so removed from underhanded machinations is already remarkable in itself. So Goro decides on a gamble, an offering of the truth: ]

I've conjectures and nothing more, unfortunately. Aside from the obvious case, [ of Aizawa,those of similar or more lethal Quirks. ] it's a first that someone was able to retain memories of my being around after a disagreeable encounter. Even at the flip side of that outcome, it isn't much of a feat to evade their attention and cognition if they've thought to seek me out, much like you have.

[ No malice. Goro recites every line like he's reading off of an academic page. Hardly monotonous, still; there's an occasional lilt marking his undisclosed puzzlement. ]

There's a particular schema that I can go off of... After all, they do say that emotions strongly influences how we all remember certain events throughout our lives.

[ And if this is a cue for Haru to out her own Quirk -- well, he isn't holding his breath. But if she'd like to carry on with a tidbit of her own... ]