[In the dark of the tunnel, silhouetted against the faint light of his phone, Hiro winces. Right. There aren't really a lot of excuses he can make for himself, and if it got right down to it and it was between Tadashi's life and his own conscience, he'd probably do it.

And then Tadashi would be super mad at him, probably. He's giving Tadashi a lot of reasons to be mad at him, lately.]

I made a mistake, and I shouldn't have gone after you like that, but I'm not taking back what I said. You're dangerous, and those microbots are extra dangerous.

[A beat.]

But honestly? I dunno what to do about you.

[There's faint light ahead, now. He puts away the phone and walks without it, until the tunnel curves into a larger room, a four-way intersection curving down into a shallow basin of a floor with about four inches of standing water in the middle, glinting under light from an overhead grate. He pauses there, turns to face Callaghan with his hands in his pockets, frowning.]

I could turn you into the cops, but that'd just back you into a corner and they'd get hurt or killed trying to catch you, even if you didn't do it on purpose and it was just the microbots. So maybe it's safer for everybody if I just let you lay low, for now.

[He huffs.]

I don't have a better solution. Until I do, I'll help you fix the microbots, I'll help you stop that thing, but nobody else is digging graves because of you if I can help it.