[the microbots then go very, very still, and Callaghan raises his head without turning it as he comes to the realization that he really should have planned for this. there's a brief sort of undulation from them, radiating from the edges towards him, as he notices the look Hiro gives him.
it's one he'd only ever wanted from one person - and that person was not a teenager, terrified for his brother.
he blinks once, twice, a vaguely sort of disgusted-confused look on his face before there's a shift from the microbots and they draw closer towards him, over him, shrouding him in their mass as though to cloak him against it all. and while there's a thousand sneering things that are coming to mind to bark at Hiro, what kind of person do you think I am? the least of them all, there are precious few if any responses coming to mind for Tadashi.
he swallows once, another ripple coming from the microbots, and then finally manages to say something;]
I apologize for the mess.
[NOW ADDING TO THE SCORE OF WRONG THINGS TO SAY AT THE WRONG TIME?]
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it's one he'd only ever wanted from one person - and that person was not a teenager, terrified for his brother.
he blinks once, twice, a vaguely sort of disgusted-confused look on his face before there's a shift from the microbots and they draw closer towards him, over him, shrouding him in their mass as though to cloak him against it all. and while there's a thousand sneering things that are coming to mind to bark at Hiro, what kind of person do you think I am? the least of them all, there are precious few if any responses coming to mind for Tadashi.
he swallows once, another ripple coming from the microbots, and then finally manages to say something;]
I apologize for the mess.
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NOW ADDING TO THE SCORE OF WRONG THINGS TO SAY AT THE WRONG TIME?]