[Oh Ange. Originally, Hiro had been pretty pissy when the conversation started and truthfully he's still a bit unsettled...but that sort of mentality makes a little more sense.]

And now you're in a world where we're kept alive thanks to our monarchs and we're asked to fight the war for them and kill other monsters. [Or people. Whichever you'd like to call them.] I don't know if you've noticed but, uh, I'm kinda just human. [A wave of his hands.] It's not like I can use magic at home either, but the shard changes that. It's...a lot more valuable than you think, if you know how to train it right.