[The rustling of the fabric of his hoodie is enough of an indicator that he's shrugged in response.] Considering he told me that back in February? Definitely leverage. [Not that Hiro realized it until fairly recently.

But now for the real heart of the matter. He's not sure how Jason's going to take this, but he also knows he can't exactly afford to be turned down.] I need to take a field trip of my own soon. Not that far! Just back out to Redgate for a little while and I'm not going out there to screw around. I--[He bites his tongue, clamping down hard around the word "promise." He's well aware of what Jason thinks of the word, especially when it comes from him.] I think it's really important.