[...Ah.

So that's... how it is. Minato's quiet for a moment, considering that. And then, softly:]

He made that choice. You didn't remember anything, and he knew it.

[But he chose to remember, because it was too painful to forget, and Minato can't deny that it sounds incredibly lonely, but:]

I bet... it was a real relief for him when you hugged him after remembering. When... even despite everything, you cared about him that much.

[... Isn't that what Minato was hoping for too, when SEES forgot?]