[Eventually Midoriya does resurface, after a long moment of incomprehensible mumbling as he writes down his thoughts. There were too many variables for the line of thinking he was going down to be of any use to them now in the present, so they are saved for analysis later.

The notes are gathered up and put somewhere safer than the floor, piled in a neat stack on the counter as he approaches Kacchan again. He continues on as if he hadn't spent a good two minutes lost in his own world--too determined to notice any awkward gap in time.]

Did you meet up with any people while you were out? Did anyone else have any ideas on how to work against this place, or any useful tools?

[If the were going to have any chance of a positive outcome, working together was a must.]