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[microbrobotics]

[ A rare video post for Hiro tonight - but then again, this is a rare occasion. He's already gotten past the initial crying phase, so he's just numb and a little blotchy more than anything else, but his voice still shakes a little when he talks. A plain bedroom backdrop, clearly from where he lives in Heropa.

He takes a deep breath. ]

Has anyone seen my brother Tadashi? He's - he looks like this - [ A picture of Tadashi flashes on the screen for a moment. ] - and I'm getting error messages from his comm. Nobody I've talked to has seen him and ...

[ His voice trails off to a whisper. He can't even get through a whole post without tears welling up in his eyes. ]

I just - I need to know, please. If anyone has any idea. I need to know he's still here. If he's not, then ... then he's ...

[ Ported out. And dead. ]

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[amadaman]

[He asked knowing what Hiro's answer will be, so he doesn't react to it. He almost forgets to breathe with how hard the wind is blowing, but he lets out a quiet sigh and turns his head slightly.]

Even if it might undo everything you did to save the world? Even f there was a chance that the person's death was caused by saving the world, would you still do it?

[microbrobotics]

[ He swallows slowly. ]

Who cares about the world if he's not in it?

[amadaman]

If the world is destroyed, your aunt will die, too.

And your friend, Baymax. Gogo-san, Wasabi-san, Honey-san, and the other person, Fred. And the person you tried to save, too, will die anyway. Even then?

[microbrobotics]

[ Hiro flinches at that. ]

That's ... that's different.

[amadaman]

It's not different. That's what it means.

But it's not... a shameful way to think. It's just how important that person was to you. We fought over it, too.

[microbrobotics]

We? Who?

[amadaman]

We. [He raises a hand to his chest where the Gekkoukan School's logo is embroidered to his blazer.] SEES. After Minato-san's death.

[microbrobotics]

[ Hiro's eyes go wide. ]

What - but you're a team, right? Why would you fight over that?

[amadaman]

We're a team but we're all different people. Some of us were willing to risk anything to have him back. Some of us didn't want to risk wasting his sacrifice and undoing everything we fought for.

... In the end, we decided to move forward to tomorrow. We know what he did, what he had to do, and that even if we went back, we'll end up making him make the same decision again. We owe it to him to keep living the lives he saved, you know? But that doesn't mean, every time I see him here, I don't wish he could go back and live the life he deserved to, too.