[He does pick up on that, but like with several people he's scanned in the colony he doesn't know what to make of it. As far as Baymax is concerned Milla's perfectly healthy and fine and he has no reason to be worried.
There's a small huff of laughter when she mentions Tadashi.] That's because Baymax was never supposed to learn to fight. That was all on me. [...he turns to look away then, focusing on Baymax instead. Somehow that's easier.] After Tadashi died I made a few changes to set some stuff right. Seeing Baymax in the colony was the first time he saw what Baymax became, too.
[ ... oh. so that's slipping into the timeline. no kung-fu whatever before tadashi r.i.p'd. hiro taught baymax kung-fu to "set some stuff right"? concerning wording— ]
Set some stuff right?
[ —her wondering comes out before she even registers it, and she blinks when she considers how he looked away.
she adds in, tensing slightly: ]
... No, nevermind. [ milla knows pretty well how it feels getting asked questions related to things like that, so she'll just veer off that path. to what?? she taps a finger idly against her sheath, thinking (what is she supposed to subject change to?).
ah. ] Did you have to get somewhere before you ended up as a prize? You're free. I won't keep you.
[ yes. that. essentially "IF YOU WANNA LEAVE, LEAVE IT'S OK". she's so good at socializing. ]
[It's only when she says "never mind" and he feels his shoulders drop that he realizes he'd tensed up so far it was almost painful. Knowing that Milla knows about Tadashi made it a little easier, but sometimes it's still hard to really talk about him and the things that've happened. Maybe someday he could elaborate but that's not today. Instead, the look he gives her is akin to saying "thank you for dropping it" before he softly shakes his head.]
It's a carnival. Where would I really need to be right now? [That is to say "if you have somewhere to go, that's fine, too."]
[ ... yeah, she figured. the last thing she's going to do is make him talk about things just to satisfy her own curiosity. milla's glad, or... well, something, when he gives her that look and she can conclude that she didn't mess up.
what he gets is a small moment where milla considers that, and there's a tentative smile when she speaks next. ]
I wouldn't know. [ a small shrug. ] I've never been to one of these before.
[ so, she's actually fine here, if the kid didn't mind the awkward company. as is the case with tadashi, hiro and baymax are also Tolerable. ]
[Give him time, Milla. He's slowly branching out and telling people these things. Some days are better than others. But his expression brightens up again shortly after, especially upon seeing the fact that she can apparently smile.]
Baymax hasn't either. [He looks up at the robot again.] I am adding carnival activities to my database. [Games that string his partner up as a prize have also made that database.] We were going to start wandering some more to see what else they've got set up. Wanna come with us?
the robot is studying carnival activities... and so is she, apparently. ]
... Sure. I guess. [ somewhat hesitantly. maybe that's too cold, though milla'd aimed to just accept the whole thing casually and— ] Maybe this time you can be the one to burn down the stand.
[ just kidding.
but ok she's just going to move on ahead now. something as simple as accepting an invite to go carnival travelling together is giving her positive emotions and how are you supposed to deal with that ]
He doesn't read it as cold, really, but he's sort of used to projecting the same sort of attitude around people. He's not nearly as tsun as Milla is but he's well aware he can be super awkward.]
Trust me, I'm going to avoid burning anything else for a while. But if Baymax's fist slips that's totally not my fault. [Just sayin'. He waves a hand forward to gesture for Baymax and Milla to follow as he heads off further from the games and back toward the main carnival.] Ever ridden a roller coaster before?
[ she repeats quietly, a hint of amusement in her tone. she glances up at baymax before she follows hiro, her eyes trailing around the carnival and pausing only slightly over things that catch her attention.
she does this even as she answers hiro evenly: ]
No. We didn't have roller coasters where I'm from. [ past tense, whatever. ] Unless you count riding the back of a flying monster enough of one.
He's got a mind of his own. [It's a good excuse and off they go. He's keeping mind to walk slow enough any time Milla finds something of interest (or to wrangle Baymax from wandering off any time something catches his attention) but the conversation still interests him.]
I don't see why not. That sounds like it'd be even better since you can't predict what monsters do. [...but he's smart. And he questions things, so he tilts his head.] "Didn't"?
[ ... right, that. she's not entirely surprised that he questioned that, he's a curious kid, an observant kid, and... the only extent of her reaction is a glance towards him, until she distracts herself with the popcorn vendor off to the side.
otherwise, she's entirely too casual for her explanation. part of her thinks maybe to avoid this topic, but... it's done, and it isn't like she explicitly minds him knowing.
so. ]
My world was destroyed. [ oh, wait. ] Not Flamines. Part of the reason I didn't... don't buy the whole story of our being here.
[ this is fitting carnival talk but look she doesn't care ]
[You have to be curious and observant if you want to be Hiro Hamada unfortunately. Like Milla, he doesn't necessarily want to pry into something delicate just because he's curious but at the same time…he can absorb that information.]
I don't buy their story either. [But not for that reason because wow.] And that's why Tadashi didn't mind telling you about home, huh? ["Because you're both in similar situations." He knows better than to say "I'm sorry" to someone like Milla, even if he's thinking it's not fair that things like this happen to people.]
…there aren't other people from your world here, are there?
[ said carefully. sure, their situations are... similar, but not in that regard, just like hiro's and hers are kind of similar even if he doesn't know about that either. at this point everything is just facts and history. cold, hard, confusing jrpg history. ]
... But no, there aren't. There are people I know from a... world like mine. I doubt they'll bring back anyone I knew originally.
[ she isn't really sure what she'd do if they brought her older sister here. even more awkward relations all around.... ]
Oh. [That's even weirder then and maybe something he should ask Tadashi later.] ...a world like yours like...an alternate timeline? Or you mean something that's just kinda similar?
[ maybe if he wasn't hiro hamada, there'd be a hint of surprise that he'd nailed it right off the bat. ]
The first. [ with a certain sense of detachment, she recounts the facts. ] They called them Fractured Dimensions--dimensions where one difference created worlds that were... are similar to the original, but still novel.
I didn't think those existed. But...fractures can be fixed, can't they? A fracture's just a small break. What's stopping those dimensions from all sort of working together to exist?
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There's a small huff of laughter when she mentions Tadashi.] That's because Baymax was never supposed to learn to fight. That was all on me. [...he turns to look away then, focusing on Baymax instead. Somehow that's easier.] After Tadashi died I made a few changes to set some stuff right. Seeing Baymax in the colony was the first time he saw what Baymax became, too.
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Set some stuff right?
[ —her wondering comes out before she even registers it, and she blinks when she considers how he looked away.
she adds in, tensing slightly: ]
... No, nevermind. [ milla knows pretty well how it feels getting asked questions related to things like that, so she'll just veer off that path. to what?? she taps a finger idly against her sheath, thinking (what is she supposed to subject change to?).
ah. ] Did you have to get somewhere before you ended up as a prize? You're free. I won't keep you.
[ yes. that. essentially "IF YOU WANNA LEAVE, LEAVE IT'S OK". she's so good at socializing. ]
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It's a carnival. Where would I really need to be right now? [That is to say "if you have somewhere to go, that's fine, too."]
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what he gets is a small moment where milla considers that, and there's a tentative smile when she speaks next. ]
I wouldn't know. [ a small shrug. ] I've never been to one of these before.
[ so, she's actually fine here, if the kid didn't mind the awkward company. as is the case with tadashi, hiro and baymax are also Tolerable. ]
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Baymax hasn't either. [He looks up at the robot again.] I am adding carnival activities to my database. [Games that string his partner up as a prize have also made that database.] We were going to start wandering some more to see what else they've got set up. Wanna come with us?
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the robot is studying carnival activities... and so is she, apparently. ]
... Sure. I guess. [ somewhat hesitantly. maybe that's too cold, though milla'd aimed to just accept the whole thing casually and— ] Maybe this time you can be the one to burn down the stand.
[ just kidding.
but ok she's just going to move on ahead now. something as simple as accepting an invite to go carnival travelling together is giving her positive emotions and how are you supposed to deal with that ]
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He doesn't read it as cold, really, but he's sort of used to projecting the same sort of attitude around people. He's not nearly as tsun as Milla is but he's well aware he can be super awkward.]
Trust me, I'm going to avoid burning anything else for a while. But if Baymax's fist slips that's totally not my fault. [Just sayin'. He waves a hand forward to gesture for Baymax and Milla to follow as he heads off further from the games and back toward the main carnival.] Ever ridden a roller coaster before?
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"Totally not my fault", huh...
[ she repeats quietly, a hint of amusement in her tone. she glances up at baymax before she follows hiro, her eyes trailing around the carnival and pausing only slightly over things that catch her attention.
she does this even as she answers hiro evenly: ]
No. We didn't have roller coasters where I'm from. [ past tense, whatever. ] Unless you count riding the back of a flying monster enough of one.
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I don't see why not. That sounds like it'd be even better since you can't predict what monsters do. [...but he's smart. And he questions things, so he tilts his head.] "Didn't"?
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otherwise, she's entirely too casual for her explanation. part of her thinks maybe to avoid this topic, but... it's done, and it isn't like she explicitly minds him knowing.
so. ]
My world was destroyed. [ oh, wait. ] Not Flamines. Part of the reason I didn't... don't buy the whole story of our being here.
[ this is fitting carnival talk but look she doesn't care ]
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I don't buy their story either. [But not for that reason because wow.] And that's why Tadashi didn't mind telling you about home, huh? ["Because you're both in similar situations." He knows better than to say "I'm sorry" to someone like Milla, even if he's thinking it's not fair that things like this happen to people.]
…there aren't other people from your world here, are there?
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Tadashi doesn't know about that.
[ said carefully. sure, their situations are... similar, but not in that regard, just like hiro's and hers are kind of similar even if he doesn't know about that either. at this point everything is just facts and history. cold, hard, confusing jrpg history. ]
... But no, there aren't. There are people I know from a... world like mine. I doubt they'll bring back anyone I knew originally.
[ she isn't really sure what she'd do if they brought her older sister here. even more awkward relations all around.... ]
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The first. [ with a certain sense of detachment, she recounts the facts. ] They called them Fractured Dimensions--dimensions where one difference created worlds that were... are similar to the original, but still novel.
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