[MoM] IC CONTACT POST

[microbrobotics]

"Hey, you've reached Hiro Hamada. Text me like a normal person and not a weirdo."

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[microbrobotics]

[ That wasn't quite the expression he was expecting. ]

... What's wrong? Did I still get it wrong?

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No, no! It's just-- N-Nobody...

[Oh god, what can he even say? It's not true nobody's ever called them brothers - but all those people know he's Hub. But he can't give that caveat, and he doesn't want to lie to Hiro. Lying by omission, what's that]

...some people, they say me and Lan...that we "fight just like real brothers." [Yes, he does the air quotes.] But that, I...

[He's not even sure what to say. Hiro hit the nail on the head without even realizing it, and it makes him feel...happy. Because Hiro doesn't know, and he still thought that, thought something more than just "experimental custom navi" like all the scientists who knew what he was but not who he was...

He can't help smiling.]

Thank you.

[microbrobotics]

[ Hiro at least seems unphased by the concept of a program and a human being brothers, once he's had the DNA thing explained. He can jump onto this concept pretty fast. Maybe too fast, if Megaman's trying to hide it. He senses something up but ... well, mostly that's confusing. ]

Sure. I mean, I've got an older brother. So it sounds like it to me? I know what it's like.

... Who's older?

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I am. [Zero hesitation, though there seems to be a problem in the logical chronology department. Hiro should be able to notice it if his observational skills are sharp.

Now, time to try to get this conversation back under control.]

I didn't know you had a brother too. What's he like?

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[ Yeah, uh. That ... doesn't make sense? Unless they got Lan's DNA before he was born ... He opens his mouth to ask but gets cut off by Megaman's incoming question. ]

Oh, uh - he's protected me as long as I can remember. Really, really nice. Too nice for his own good.

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[Yes good, come up with your own logical explanations and never ask for clarification. The fewer holes Megaman has to talk his way around, the better.]

How so?

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[ He'll come back to that subject, okay. You're not off the hook yet. ]

He doesn't think about himself. He always tries to help people and he doesn't do things for his own good...

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[He'll just have to keep tossing out shiny distractions then. Whatever it takes to keep Hiro as far away from The Hub Thing as humanly possible.]

That's a bad thing? Wanting to help people doesn't sound so bad to me. [Hey Hiro, you totally wanted a second Overprotective Self-Sacrificing Deceased Older brother, right.]

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Helping people is fine. Helping people and getting himself hurt isn't.