Yes. I had a few Potions in my bag, so I healed him afterward. After all, I am relying on him as my primary means of transportation, so it's the least I can do...

[He's not doing it out of sympathy, obviously. He's doing it because he knows that he relies on Apollo, and Apollo will turn on Komaeda or flat-out leave if he's treated badly enough.]

Indeed it does. Since I haven't been here long enough to make any educated guesses, do you think you have a theory, Nanami-san?