Let's say if someone, hypothetically...may or may not have watched somebody run into a burning building, went to follow them and then the building exploded. That kind of thing. And then that same person ended up getting separated from the same person who was killed in that burning building and found out they'd been killed again because of a different fire and came across their corpse in the middle of nowhere.
[All the reasons Hiro Hamada is still twitchy about flames he isn't aware of.]
Mm...[That seems to be an answer as he keeps the spoon in his mouth, shifting it to the side before talking around it.] Let's say it's like family. Some of the last family left.
[ He stays quiet for another moment, letting that sink in. It makes him think of Gaius lying on the floor in the rain, honestly. Makes him think of the lightning he brought down on Nimueh, that he never felt guilt for because she deserved it after everything she'd done.
Will, in comparison, died in a way that was normal. A stab wound as he ran to protect Arthur. He never reacted like Hiro did to fire from that though either, it's... ]
Maybe you never will, but you could try doing something with water instead. Aren't there those... extinguisher things now too?
There're whole teams of firefighters now. Even that wasn't enough to save him. [He shrugs again, focusing on his ice cream instead of focusing on the fact that it's a sad thing.] It'll get better someday. But without something like magic you can't even stop the unpredictable.
[...] Unless you mean water magic, because I could get behind that.
Korra used water to heal, but what's scrying? [On the bright side? He seems more back to normal and Merlin's successfully pushed his train of thought onto another track.]
Looking into the future. I'm not really sure how it works and there are probably other ways of doing it, but I know while I've been here I read that's one way of doing it.
[ He doesn't know that's how Nimueh did it either. Ah. But good job, Merlin. Now for happier things! Mostly... ]
Huh. Guess that's something else to look into. [He sounds a little too thoughtful, but he's pleased at least. He's about to say something else, but his Cerevice chimes with a new message and when he fishes it out to read, he squints slightly.]
Man...I should go. There's something going wrong in the shop they need me to fix. [He rolls his eyes, but pauses again.] ...thanks though, Merlin. Seriously. But next time let's try the tundra okay?
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[ He's purposely avoiding saying "you", don't worry, Hiro... ]
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[All the reasons Hiro Hamada is still twitchy about flames he isn't aware of.]
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Hypothetically... is that person someone close to them? [ He pokes at his ice cream slowly while asking that. ]
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Will, in comparison, died in a way that was normal. A stab wound as he ran to protect Arthur. He never reacted like Hiro did to fire from that though either, it's... ]
Maybe you never will, but you could try doing something with water instead. Aren't there those... extinguisher things now too?
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[...] Unless you mean water magic, because I could get behind that.
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I can summon water, but it doesn't work how you're probably thinking. It's more for healing or scrying.
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[ He doesn't know that's how Nimueh did it either. Ah. But good job, Merlin. Now for happier things! Mostly... ]
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Man...I should go. There's something going wrong in the shop they need me to fix. [He rolls his eyes, but pauses again.] ...thanks though, Merlin. Seriously. But next time let's try the tundra okay?
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Think about what I said, you'll be fine though, I think.
[ Hiro was tough for being so young...! ]