[WOW, REI, RUDE?? Though maybe at this point in his life, he should just expect things like this-- after all, the afterlife back in his world was overseen by a bossy toddler, so a kid with advanced tech knowledge shouldn't be that far of a leap. There's a small huff at Hiro's look, though (sorry, dude, he's seen much more intimidating shrimps in his time), but it wasn't totally undeserved.]

Well, excuse me, I just-- had a different image in my head, that's all. But if Rei's piling that much praise onto you, it's probably deserved in one way or another. [Mostly because Rei doesn't seem the type to hype people up for the hell of it-- at least, he didn't think so anyway.

Something Hiro had said at the door finally caught up with him, however, and it feels like something he had to address to both him and Rei.]

And for the record, as much as I'd like to claim credit for stealing this dumb thing, I never actually wanted it. I just broke it and took it at the time 'cuz we needed some good path markers in the tunnels, not because I wanted a fancy glowing paperweight. It just... kinda wound up in my hand once I, uh... [whoops, should he mentioned that he died to this kid--]

... got back. Yeah.