[Ugh, and now he kind of wishes he didn't contribute to this kid's ego. Not that he didn't have anything to be proud of, of course, but it kind of annoyed him in a way he couldn't quite place. But Hiro's comment does take him by surprise, however, the part about others bringing items back from their adventures a new development for him. Just how many died to salvage some info from this place?]

... well, whatever this thing is, it's important enough to piss off a ghost and make it drive a hand in my chest. Of course, it just looked like part of a window at the time for me, so...

[He moves the glowing, misshapen crystal that was resting on the table closer to Hiro, an invitation to take a better look at it.]

Here. Rei and I couldn't get any spiritual or magical feelings from this thing, so she figured it might be some sort of fancy tech instead. I don't know how, but that's why you're here, I guess.