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[The following appear steadily over the course of an hour. Someone's taking a different route to his own research.]

Regrouping and Restructuring Me: Teenage male, scrawny but stronger than appears. Wields dagger and studied martial arts. Can heal own wounds. You: Capable of teaching other styles of hand-to-hand combat or weaponry. Also able to take a punch or two. Serious inquiries and offers only. Location: Caer Scima. Only willing to travel within Dorchadas. --------- Wanted: One infused weapon Currently seeking someone to forge a dagger of some kind or recommendations of smiths to do so. Must be capable of infusing with very specific properties and must be able to provide within a few weeks. Willing to pay for best product. Private message if interested. ------- Wanted: Information on textiles Also currently seeking anybody who knows the best location for specific fabrics. Need to match something I already have. The wardrobe at Caer Scima is severely lacking materials necessary. Message with details. It's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

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Well, if you want. [Though Jason imagines Hiro is offering in part because he's bored.]

I'll get you more of your sleeping juice.

[Yes that's part of it, but also...] It'll be good practice. And maybe by the time I'm done you'll have time to teach me how to use some of it? [Maybe?

There's a slight noise of surprise though at the other offer.] Oh. ...I mean I can do without it for a while. I've been sleeping a little better? [Not really. And he's well aware Jason will know he's just bullshitting that, too.] It's okay.

No, you haven't been sleeping. [He remembers their last call.] And no, I'm not going to teach you. [In the current state of things, that seems like a really, really bad idea.]

[...] I've been sleeping sometimes? And why not? Because you're busy? [He can be patient. He can totally be patient.]

Because if you get more skills like that, you're going to get it in your head that you belong on a battlefield instead of behind the battle lines making weapons.

Better to know what I'm doing and be on a battlefield than be forced out there empty-handed. [But he gets what Jason's point is.] And how can I keep making better tools if I don't know how to use the ones I'm already making? I made my microbots because I knew how Megabot was designed. It's kinda like that.

[A beat.] I already know I don't belong out there. But I want to be ready anyway. For whatever.

I'm going to ignore everything you said, because I don't believe you. [Sorry, their second meeting was on a battlefield.]

Being ready for a direct attack is fine. The lessons you're picking up from the poor souls taking pity on you should be more than enough.

[...Jason.]

You really think it's pity, huh?

Oh, that's what you took from that. Interesting.

Not entirely, but it's an interesting choice of words. [And deliberate, as far as he can tell.] I also took that you're okay with it and that you're mostly okay with it because it frees up a little of your time and I'm probably gonna get my ass kicked a bunch of times.

Oh, my time was already freed up and away from worrying about one Hiro Hamada. [Figure out that mystery, Sherlock. (Hint: it's Loki. Loki is how.)]

But you're going to get used to getting your ass kicked, and I'm actually looking forward to the "I can take a punch so I should be out there fighting."

You're like clockwork. Predictable.

I'm aware, Jason. [Mystery figured out a few weeks ago bro.] And I meant from training me, not...the other thing.

[...you know. He pauses, considering this for a moment. There's really only so much he can take from Jason being...Jason. And while it's entirely hypocritical and he can understand how much Jason puts up with by Hiro being Hiro, the combination of this conversation and Jason basically running free and teasing the crap out of him is finally getting under his skin.

So. He makes a decision.]

Sometimes I think to myself "wow, maybe I'll actually make a sort of decent decision that Jason won't tear apart and throw back into my face. Maybe I can actually work on fixing something." And then I remember that it's pointless because you're actually just kind of a jackass and nothing's going to change your mind right now.

[And he's just going to throw up a private filter on this.]

I don't know what you're doing with Ariadne and Loki. But I'm not stupid either. [He's not even asking Jason to tell him what he's doing. It's more acknowledgement that he knows Jason has much, much bigger things to worry about and that he's accepted that.] Just...you know. [Be careful?]

Edited 2015-05-15 19:03 (UTC)

We're not doing anything. [This conversation is also in public. Jason's not going to take it to a private venue lest someone take that as confirmation that he's actually doing something. There's a reason why they're keeping aspects of their business a secret.]

Getting training isn't a bad idea. Did I say anything differently? But hey, Hiro. Keep acting like you're some kid who's been put into timeout.

It's not my problem.

[Point. Even with the private filter in place, even with that extra precaution it's not safe. He can be as vague as possible but even then…so he leaves it off again.]

You're not--[He just sighs.] Never mind. This isn't about that and you're. [Words. Words are hard and he's not sure what he can and can't say, what he should and shouldn't say.

So he leaves it.]

Training. Katsa, Thrall, Bellamy and Clarke seem to be volunteering right now. Pretty good line-up. And Eren said I can punch him a few times. [Shrug.] Staying in Dorchadas, too.

Buuuut yeah. Not your problem. I forgot. "Don't bother checking in."

Edited 2015-05-15 20:00 (UTC)

Yeah, because that's exactly what I said. Keep mishearing me. Your little fits shouldn't be anyone's problems, really, but you listed a whole lot of people who are gonna deal with it.

It'll be great.

…dude that's exactly what you told me like two weeks ago. [Clearly talking about two different things.] Not to bother you. So it's not your problem. And I didn't say it was anybody else's problem either. I get it. It's my problem. And I'm trying to fix it.

You mean when you called to get out from things within a day? When people were being screwed with?

I wasn't calling to get out of anything. If I wanted to get out of anything I would have just gone forward without telling you what was going on.

And you wouldn't have done the thing you were calling about if you cared about my opinion of it.

Not that that's the point. The point is that your BS about being put in "timeout" isn't my problem. Your attitude about it.

Don't worry, though, Hiro. I don't actually expect you to listen to what comes out of my mouth unless it's convenient.

[…

It's frustrating mostly. He's 100% aware this isn't Jason's fault, but in his opinion he's actually trying. He's not doing well, apparently, but he's trying. And it's still not working the way it's supposed to. And that's frustrating beyond belief.]

Okay. [And that's pretty much all he has to say because he's getting too tired of going in circles about it when he's not saying any of what Jason will find acceptable. So he's just going to cut the call early. Maybe try again later. Probably not though. Jason's busy with everything else and he knows that's the bigger focus. He'll...work on his own stuff.]

[And that was going so well.]

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