[It was hard to say if Hiro wanted to listen to her or if it was because he had no choice. But in the midst of Ai's speech, he came to a shocking realization...
She was always an honest person. He was so used to dealing with two-faced people that he found it hard to believe that there was someone who only had one single one in this world. Maybe earlier on... If she had done something like lie, cheat or done anything delinquent-esque and contradicting, he wouldn't had reacted this badly right now.
When he thought back on it... She was created, right? She was raised in a lab, right? She was molded to be a certain way, right? Just how much pain did she have to endure? Just what did they do to her? His stomach was doing backflips just thinking about it.
"Nothing was ever mine."
When he flips those words around... Was that a cry for help? Should he had extended his hand out to her like he's done for Miyako and multiple people when they needed comfort? Become the hero who makes everyone laugh, smile and say the magic words to make all the bad things disappear?
He wasn't sure if it was a result of him becoming something more than human (lots of things felt different, yet he was still himself... Right?), but...
What he did just then... Might have not been any more different than those cruel mad scientists in her world.]
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She was always an honest person. He was so used to dealing with two-faced people that he found it hard to believe that there was someone who only had one single one in this world. Maybe earlier on... If she had done something like lie, cheat or done anything delinquent-esque and contradicting, he wouldn't had reacted this badly right now.
When he thought back on it... She was created, right? She was raised in a lab, right? She was molded to be a certain way, right? Just how much pain did she have to endure? Just what did they do to her? His stomach was doing backflips just thinking about it.
"Nothing was ever mine."
When he flips those words around... Was that a cry for help? Should he had extended his hand out to her like he's done for Miyako and multiple people when they needed comfort? Become the hero who makes everyone laugh, smile and say the magic words to make all the bad things disappear?
He wasn't sure if it was a result of him becoming something more than human (lots of things felt different, yet he was still himself... Right?), but...
What he did just then... Might have not been any more different than those cruel mad scientists in her world.]