[He doesn't counter that, just another sign of his agreement. The quiet is lonely and sometimes painful. It's better to keep busy and be with people now that he's experienced both scenarios…but it's not something he needs to lay out on a poor innocent girl he's just met a few days ago.

Maybe someday he'll understand why she understands so well. What a day that'll be. Still, he can't help but smirk lightly when he picks up on the joking tone and he sighs through his nose, unable to help rolling his eyes a little.]

And I'll tell you a secret that I'm not always the best listener. But I'm trying. [There is that. But Hiro's still brash and Hiro still plans to do as he pleases even if his motivations and goals have changed.] …that's the thing about this place. You start meeting people or seeing people again that need your help and sometimes you've gotta wonder if you really can. [It's similar to a conversation he'd had with Mary about Roxas, and he thinks back to his conversation with Tadashi.] And if they don't know what to say or how to say it? How do you do it then?

[…perhaps…he's speaking a little more from experience than he'd like to let on.]