Well no, but that's because Tadashi's kinda boring. [He's grumbling but it's not entirely true. Tadashi's still the coolest big brother ever and Hiro still knows he won't quite ever live up to what Tadashi was. Is. What Tadashi is.]

Maybe that's true, but I'm not the one who--["Died." He stops himself just short of finishing that sentence, pausing and thinking of how to phrase it less callously.] My job protecting him is helping me protect myself. I've grown up, Rei. I don't want to keep weighing him down.