[He grinds it out into the dark of the tunnels, and it bounces harshly off the walls, echoing gradually into silence as he stands there facing his brother, all balled fists and a petulant scowl. Because it's exactly what Tadashi should have done. And he didn't and now Hiro can feel control of the situation slipping from his fingers, which is scary, because anything could happen and -
And he can't guarantee his brother's safety.
That's really the heart of the problem.
He fixes his eyes on the floor, and after a long moment just turns and stalks off down the curved branch off the main tunnel, with Baymax lighting the way. He adds quietly:]
You were supposed to stay where it was safe and you wouldn't get hurt.
[He doesn't say anything else; just keeps walking until the corridor brightens again and opens onto the four-way intersection where he left Callaghan. There are still microbots crawling everywhere, like some kind of weird beehive, and it takes him a second when he emerges into the room and doesn't see Callaghan to realize that a large portion of them have packed densely into one corner as if shielding something -
Oh.
They don't seem to acknowledge the presence of anyone else in the room, so Hiro sidesteps carefully to face the corner, keeping a distance because he can't predict what they'll do in this state.]
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[He grinds it out into the dark of the tunnels, and it bounces harshly off the walls, echoing gradually into silence as he stands there facing his brother, all balled fists and a petulant scowl. Because it's exactly what Tadashi should have done. And he didn't and now Hiro can feel control of the situation slipping from his fingers, which is scary, because anything could happen and -
And he can't guarantee his brother's safety.
That's really the heart of the problem.
He fixes his eyes on the floor, and after a long moment just turns and stalks off down the curved branch off the main tunnel, with Baymax lighting the way. He adds quietly:]
You were supposed to stay where it was safe and you wouldn't get hurt.
[He doesn't say anything else; just keeps walking until the corridor brightens again and opens onto the four-way intersection where he left Callaghan. There are still microbots crawling everywhere, like some kind of weird beehive, and it takes him a second when he emerges into the room and doesn't see Callaghan to realize that a large portion of them have packed densely into one corner as if shielding something -
Oh.
They don't seem to acknowledge the presence of anyone else in the room, so Hiro sidesteps carefully to face the corner, keeping a distance because he can't predict what they'll do in this state.]
Callaghan.