[ cat tricks always work with this kid, who is basically a cat. but yup. yup, he's getting "superhero duo" with a robot best friend partner and that is so cool. for a second he has to remember he's chat and not adrien, shifting his initial reaction of "so cool! superhero!" to "oh wait right me too" and therefore developing some sudden sense of camaraderie. because hiro seems to be around his age and-- oh.

so hiro can have his face light up at a nifty weapon, but adrien's face is lighting up with that.

he's so interested oh no. wait, wait, dial it back adrien. ]

It can do more than that. Tracking, video, calls, if you spin it around fast enough it becomes a good shield and, did you know, it can expand to be taller than the Eiffel Tower? [ please think he's cool in turn and be his friend jesus christ even if hiro can't know he's adrien, which he'll find a little lame later on, but for the time being the focus is: superhero buddies.

he gestures that hiro can take the staff from his hands if he wants to right now. ] I've never met a superhero who doesn't wear a mask, Hiro with an e. Especially one with a robot partner--thanks for the cyborg definition by the way. [ but he knew that because he's a giant goddamn nerd. ] Not what I was expecting, but definitely neat.

[ and hiro has successfully trapped the cat ]