[He flinched, that's interesting. Maybe the other teen has had some kind of similar experience...something negative connected to the capable profiting off those below them. Something to worry about later.]

I won't go into the details, but everyone says those in Class E don't have a future. [Nagisa suspects the psychological torture devised by Asano is to blame for that.] It isn't uncommon for Kunugigaoka students to say things like "I'd rather die than end up in Class E", so I guess the system is working as intended.