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[cutebutexpendable]

Right. You go do that.

[ Styx shakes his head, looking (and sounding) not at all impressed. ]

Two weeks, huh? Get back to me after you've amassed a hundred years' worth of experience, kid.

[theshiningone]

Survival's survival. Doesn't meant how long or short you've gone through painful experiences.

[He flashes him a smirk, but it's a little different from his regular ones. There's some weight behind it.]

It's not like it's a contest. But hey... It gets easier when you think of it like a fun game.

[cutebutexpendable]

Uh-huh. Well, you COULD see it all as a fun game, but you either end up stronger than steel, or stark raving mad.

[ He sizes up the human again. ]

Or maybe a little of both.

[theshiningone]

I think I'm on both ends of the scale! After all... You can't be a hero without being a little mad.

[Something loosely based off what a friend told him. Regardless of what others thought of him, he did what he felt was right and fun for him.]

[cutebutexpendable]

Alright, look, I gotta ask- does EVERYONE around here want to be a hero or something? 'Cause between you and that Little Red Riding Hood, you've already got the market cornered in this damn place.

[theshiningone]

What's wrong with being a hero? It's a fun thing to do. Being a bad guy can be fun too, but there aren't that many benefits to go along with it.

[He was flexible enough to understand why people did bad or screwed up things, but it didn't meant that he had to like it.] Anyway... What'cha got against it? Why do you wanna be a bad guy?

[cutebutexpendable]

Nothing's wrong with being a hero, but it's not a job description! Everyone here makes it sound like some sorta full-time profession!

[ Styx shakes his head. Man, if only this kid knew. ]

Besides, I never said I wanted to be a "bad guy." It just ain't that simple, that's all I'm sayin'.

[theshiningone]

Oh... Is that all? Well, you've got a point. I've definitely made choices that I've got some regrets about and I'm not entirely proud of. Nothing in this world is easy.

[He'll just casually shrug his shoulders.]

It's the people who think that the hero gig is all black and white that end up being complete morons and burn themselves out, anyway~ ♪

[cutebutexpendable]

Right. Guess you're not nearly half as dumb as you look. So you pick that all up along the way, or did you figure that out on your own before that thing with the demons?

[ Which he still doubts actually happened, but that's neither here nor there. ]

[theshiningone]

Maybe I am, maybe I'm not. ♥

[There's a sly little smile when he says that. Hiro certainly did want people to think that he was dumb and weird.]

Along the way, actually! Two of my friends ended up being good examples for that. One of them is all about friendship and justice, but he took his heroism too far and became a monster in his pursuit of getting revenge. That narrow mindedness of his nearly got a few of my pals killed... So I spoke and punched some sense into him to make see things differently.

And as for the other one... Well, he had some good ideas and wanted to help humanity... But he sucked at empathizing with people and did some cruel things that made him distant and difficult to get along with. He was a different kind of monster, but the same song and dance went for him too. They became better people in the end, thankfully.

[Yamato and Ronaldo were both troublesome guys... They were on different ends of the scale, yet they were so alike in plenty of ways. Having a balance between being heartfelt and goal-orientated were two things that Hiro learned from them.]

[cutebutexpendable]

[ Well, Hiro's certainly succeeding in that aim. Still, Styx listens with- well, not rapt attention, but closer to mild interest than anything. ]

I knew someone like that first guy. Less about friendship and justice and more about the revenge angle, though. He was also a berserker. We talked a little about that whole "let's not get your friends killed" thing, but I didn't survive a hundred years by arguing with someone who can break fully armored knights over one knee, you know?

Still. One punch fits all, huh?

[theshiningone]

Ameeeen to that my big nosed brotha! If you're too passive, then no one will listen. But if you're too assertive, then you'll just scare people away.

[He didn't seriously mean anything with the big nosed quip. It was just Hiro's way of poking fun. Can't stop his sass train when it starts rolling! It felt like there was more Styx than he thought... At least, he didn't have to label him as 'bad guy' and keep an eye on him.]

Still... Sounds like your friend is a badass customer! I wouldn't mind sparing with him for a little entertainment! I'm tougher than I look, y'know.

[The jury was out on if Hiro was seriously considering this or just joking. Well, Daichi of all people knew that Hiro did some crazy things whenever he was bored... And that didn't change even during an Apocalypse. Pulling pranks on people, getting "experience points" by hunting and killing stray demons, socializing with people even while the world was collapsing... The list was looong.]

[cutebutexpendable]

[ Styx snorts. He's been called worse, but that's not what he's hung up on, anyway- ]

I'm no one's brother, pal.

[ Still, there's not a whole lot of heat behind his words, and he keeps on going. ]

And you've never actually seen an orc in your life, have you.

[theshiningone]

[He actually looks more amused than weirded out. It sounded like a creature from a video game he used to play, but the memory of it was hazy... He's played too many of those for one lifetime, man.]

Nope! But it sounds neat! I'm only savvy with demons and alien stars, but never met an orc!