[Hiro shrinks, as if he could get any smaller at this point; if he could sink into the ground and disappear, he probably would. A moment ago he'd been snickering quietly about his prize. Now he clutches it in his fingers, tucked tightly against his chest like a badge of shame he needs to hide.]
I-I didn't...I mean...
[A beat. Then, quieter:]
It's not like he was gonna use it for anything.
[He ducks his head and covers it with his hands, just about curled up into a ball when the Kedan in question storms by - even pauses, to demand if Callaghan's seen a Foreigner boy about yay high, the little thief -]
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I-I didn't...I mean...
[A beat. Then, quieter:]
It's not like he was gonna use it for anything.
[He ducks his head and covers it with his hands, just about curled up into a ball when the Kedan in question storms by - even pauses, to demand if Callaghan's seen a Foreigner boy about yay high, the little thief -]