[He rubs at the back of his neck, looking around the room. So just Snow and them, that he knows are working on it. He's not sure who else, he hasn't looked at the network much.
Well. Except one thing he saw. He's not sure he wants to bring up the conversation he saw Hiro having with Crane - partly for Hiro's sake but also partly because he doesn't feel like being angry all over again right now.]
[ Probably for the best; Hiro hasn't breathed a word about seeing a therapist, and really he doesn't intend to. Explaining why he was talking to Crane in the first place would be beyond him right this second. ]
Yeah. Yeah, pretty much.
[ He tries to lighten his tone a little. ]
Good news is, apparently I'm so smart it counts as a superpower, so, y'know. I have to be able to help you figure something out.
[There's that weird feeling again? That thing, in the back of his mind that he got when reading Crane's conversation with Hiro, he hears it's this thing called "anger". Dunno what that is, must be new.
He's definitely going to have a long, long talk with Callaghan when they meet up next week. Ground rules are officially being set.]
If you want, I can help you go back and put them on your other stuff too.
[ And he relaxes a bit. That will take care of his number one concern; he's way less angry about having his intelligence stolen, somehow. Mostly because it's really hard to conceptualize. Which ... reminds him, actually. ]
He got my intelligence too. Said it made everything look kind of weird. Seeing applications for stuff everywhere? Patterns and - figuring things out?
[ And his tone here is clearly not "seeing applications is weird" but rather "but seriously is NOT seeing that stuff normal???" ]
[He hears the tone but honestly he's hearing kill bill-esque sirens in his head. Not only did Callaghan take Hiro's technokinesis and then use his machines but his intelligence too? Something that's as much a part of who Hiro is as a person as Hiro's love for gummy bears and robot anime?
Haha. Hahahaha.]
Mmmmost people don't see stuff like that. I only see some stuff like that, but not everything. Usually only when I'm intending to look for patterns or ways to work around things.
[It's beginning. He knew one day his little brother's ego would get so big, it would implode on itself and here it is. He's witnessing it right in front of him.]
[ Nope, he really wasn't. And he has a sneaking suspicion that the height he saw himself as during that whole ordeal ? Is as tall as he's ever gonna get. ]
[Does Hiro really though? That knowledge that he might (will probably) die and nothing he can do about it with the additional fact that everyone he knows confirms he dies?
It's tough. And he truly hopes Hiro never has to experience it at that level.
Suddenly cleaning up these test materials is a lot more interesting.]
[ Well that backfired. He was trying to express sympathy, make his brother feel better ... but that didn't quite work out. Instead, he moves to help his brother clean up. ]
[They'd gone a good while not actually talking anymore about the whole dying thing. He was doing really well settling into the idea of calling this place 'home' but being reminded... Mm.
He gives Hiro a little nudge with his elbow and a smile.]
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[He rubs at the back of his neck, looking around the room. So just Snow and them, that he knows are working on it. He's not sure who else, he hasn't looked at the network much.
Well. Except one thing he saw. He's not sure he wants to bring up the conversation he saw Hiro having with Crane - partly for Hiro's sake but also partly because he doesn't feel like being angry all over again right now.]
So we're working double time then.
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Yeah. Yeah, pretty much.
[ He tries to lighten his tone a little. ]
Good news is, apparently I'm so smart it counts as a superpower, so, y'know. I have to be able to help you figure something out.
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Do what. Wait, is that what you were shouting at someone about at the comm the other day?
[Yeah, Tadashi was like. Five feet away when his brother was yelling at Callaghan. Whoops.]
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I - uh. Yeah. Yeah, it was.
[ And his expression sours a little. ]
Callaghan has a second power. Guess what it does.
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[Then the Porter really does have a horrible horrible sense of humor at this entire group's expense.]
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[ He still sounds angry, though he's at least come to terms with the fact that Callaghan's plan was smart, perhaps even necessary. ]
So DNA limiters are going in every single piece of tech I build for myself. From now on.
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[There's that weird feeling again? That thing, in the back of his mind that he got when reading Crane's conversation with Hiro, he hears it's this thing called "anger". Dunno what that is, must be new.
He's definitely going to have a long, long talk with Callaghan when they meet up next week. Ground rules are officially being set.]
If you want, I can help you go back and put them on your other stuff too.
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[ And he relaxes a bit. That will take care of his number one concern; he's way less angry about having his intelligence stolen, somehow. Mostly because it's really hard to conceptualize. Which ... reminds him, actually. ]
He got my intelligence too. Said it made everything look kind of weird. Seeing applications for stuff everywhere? Patterns and - figuring things out?
[ And his tone here is clearly not "seeing applications is weird" but rather "but seriously is NOT seeing that stuff normal???" ]
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Haha. Hahahaha.]
Mmmmost people don't see stuff like that. I only see some stuff like that, but not everything. Usually only when I'm intending to look for patterns or ways to work around things.
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Then I guess this is it, huh. Definitive proof that I'm smarter than you.
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A super genius in a snack size package.
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Not forever! I'll be taller -
[ Nope, he really wasn't. And he has a sneaking suspicion that the height he saw himself as during that whole ordeal ? Is as tall as he's ever gonna get. ]
-- Well, I'll be tall.
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Also first he's sending off a message to Honey Lemon to let her know they're both fine now.]
Glad you're okay.
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... Yeah, me too. It's - really scary, thinking you might die and there's nothing you can do about it.
[ He gets it now, bro. ]
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It's tough. And he truly hopes Hiro never has to experience it at that level.
Suddenly cleaning up these test materials is a lot more interesting.]
Yeah it... It is.
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... Thanks for staying with me.
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He gives Hiro a little nudge with his elbow and a smile.]
Like I wouldn't.
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I can still be grateful.
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You're my brother. I'm not gonna leave you.
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... Can we leave here for a little bit? I know we've got work, but ...
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[Christ of course, Hiro's been cooped up in here for like a week.]
C'mon, Honey was asking about you, sure everyone else will wanna know you're okay too.
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I could use an actual meal too. No offense, but cold takeout's kind of old.
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