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Yeah?

[He's curious what he means, but glad Callaghan's being definite about seeing her again - but then it hits him. Right. Robert's going back to prison if he ever gets ported back home. That leaves a bit of a bitter taste in his mouth as he looks down to his glass again.

Everything happening because Robert thought his daughter was dead. Only for him to find out she's alive and not able to see her normally again.

What a waste, his thoughts echo Robert's words when he'd found out Tadashi had been assigned as an electrician here. ]

I guess it will be.

[With that, he finishes the last swallow of that glass.]

[that's even assuming she wants to see him at all. he wouldn't put it past her to consider this unforgivable, and all the worse because it was done in her name.

what will it do to her, knowing that her father went so far for the sake of a useless vengeance, when he could have - should have - been spending that time and effort on saving her?

Robert mirrors Tadashi's actions, then sets his glass down and reaches for the bottle. a refill sounds good right about now. come at him, broscotch.]

So. Have you met up with Desmond, yet?

[He watches him. Then decides why not, he's here, and slides his glass to him.]

Des... Wasabi?

No. I didn't know he was here.

[he will happily top you off as well, kid. looks like you got used to it sooner than later. he's proud.]

Mhm. He apparently read my name in that brochure they're handing out to new arrivals- I sent him towards Aiko and Ethel. [yes, you all have names to him. he will use them.] I thought it'd be better for him to be with his peers than to hear everything from me.

[Luckily with the parents he had while he had them, he gets used to tastes fairly quickly.]

Hm. They hadn't mentioned him yet, so they must be warming him up to finding out I'm here.

[Wasabi being from after is the only explanation he'd have for them not telling Tadashi he was here by now.]

Guess I'll find out.

Either way, I'm hoping he'll help bring some calm. He's always been one of the more level-headed of your group, after you, of course. And frankly, I think you could use someone like him right now.

I agree. It's... It'll be nice to have him here.

[Even he can't hide the smile on his face thinking about it. They're only missing one now...

Whether Robert intended or not, Tadashi unconsciously mirrors him, nursing the drink now more than trying to drink it like any other drink.]

Just hope things calm down enough for him to not freak out.

He'll probably have a rough few days, but he'll get used to it. Now, if Fred arrives, then I'll be worried- he might get used to things a little too quickly, if you know what I mean.

[superhero Fred. whelp, he's scared straight.]

I dunno what powers the porter would give him, but I'd probably hide anyway because he'd be mad we all got here before him.

Wasn't he going on about invisible sandwiches at one point? What if his dream comes true?

[BETTER THAT ONE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, PLEASE CROSS YOUR FINGERS WITH HIM, TADASHI]

I think that'd be the simplest one it could give him. Hiro said something about having given him a super jump or something too?

[Maybe he'll just. Focus on his drink for now.]

Hey... Speaking of, is it true he's rich? Hiro said something about him having a mansion or something?

'Super jump' is as good as any way to describe it. They also built him a flamethrower.

[beat]

You didn't know? His father's donated quite a bit to the school. Hell of a golf swing, too.

No, I had no idea.

We all kind of took bets on where he lived, I at least thought he lived in a van or something.

[SNRK.]

The senior Mister Lee is an upstanding member of society and a rather esteemed philanthropist. The junior Mister Lee is a character all on his own, and while I don't blame you for those thoughts, has a house that I'm not convinced doesn't have secret passages behind the book cases.

[he's joking.

......mostly.]

Huh.

I mean, it explains a lot?

Answers a lot of questions too.

[Hey at least his were better than Gogo's thoughts.]

I think everyone else actually got to go to his mansion and I gotta say I'm a little jealous.

[That he's. Y'know. Dead at the time.]

[before he responds to that, Robert has to take another swig. because...seriously. this conversation just keeps going back to things that are in the past...

or are they.]

You might still get to see it, you know.

'Might', sure.

[He takes a swallow of his own in turn. For a minute, Hiro's memory of the fire burns in his mind, still all too fresh from the dive into his brother's mind. He rubs at his forehead, starting to feel his head swimming a bit now.]

I dunno.

[They need to change the subject. He needs to change the subject because that memory is too fresh and hot in his mind and he can't bring himself to talk about it just yet.]

There's a, uh. An import community training facility being built now. I'm considering volunteering to help with some of it.

If he's willing to show you.

[did he say the wrong word? should he have said 'will'? but then Tadashi is changing the subject, and Robert can but follow]

Oh? Well, considering how you pushed me at this place, I'm more than happy to list reasons why that's not a bad idea.

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Yeah. I mean - they need people to help develop training rooms for all types of powers, so that's what some of us are best at. And help setting up a first aid center for all of it too.

[Ding ding, what got his attention for it in the first place. He has these healing abilities, he should be using them, why not volunteering to help his peers?]

I think it'll be a really good place for people that can't enroll here.

[bam. Callaghan tilts his glass towards Tadashi, any part of his mind that wasn't made up...well. now made up.]

I think that's an excellent point and that it'd be a good way to indulge your own philanthropy. There's never a surplus of people willing to help, and you'd be doing it for the right reasons - which is all the more important.

As opposed you taking up this position for any wrong reasons?

[He eyes Callaghan carefully over his glass; he knew damn well what he was encouraging Callaghan to do taking up this spot and what it'd mean. He anticipated his brother being angry but not the influence in his mind making it worse than it should've been. All the same: the students here needed a school and place to live, Callaghan needed a source of positive influence and feedback. It worked out, as far as Tadashi was concerned.

The Nonah facility wouldn't be much different for Tadashi.]

I'd already known I was going to do it, just. A lot of stuff got in the way to slow me down. But nothing was going to stop me, y'know.

Or me not taking it, as the case may have been. [such as him being consumed with his own guilt, which...is present, and will probably always - should probably exist ~~for whatever reasons~~, but as his daughter herself would say...shouldn't stop him from going where he was needed.]

I'm glad to hear that. You know, you could take Desmond there, have him test out whatever this place has given him.

Maybe.

[He sips at his drink as he thinks that over. What kind of powers would the porter have given Wasabi? From what Gogo had said, it had counted the suit Hiro made her as a power, so who knows.]

Probably not a bad idea, actually. Safe, contained environment would help him ease into it. He'd be able to appreciate that, I think.

He could also help you spot any potential problems before they become problems. He's got an impressive eye for detail.

Just, ah...he might also appreciate thinking it was your own idea, if you catch my meaning.

[he'd rather the other not have reason to doubt]

Of course. It's how we've always done it.

[Man, thinking more about it, he really did miss Wasabi being around. He evened things out. Maybe it could ease some of the tension between him and Gogo for a while until they settled their disagreement.

Of course that line of thinking only brings back the problem at hand and what he's trying to not think about. Tadashi moves to hold his glass between both hands, elbows rested on his knees as he thinks.]

...Hey. Now that we're here, I don't... What should I call you?

[Callaghan really isn't his professor anymore, and 'Robert' feels a bit too informal, but 'Mr. Callaghan' feels too formal. Best just to ask.]

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