[Nico, being stubborn and unwilling to let the people he cares about risk anything for the likes of him, is going to try not to get Hiro involved. Just because the other boy's clever and able to work machinery like the best of the Hephaestus kids doesn't mean he'll know how to defend himself against other living things, not to even mention the reanimated dead. Frankly, Nico's afraid that if he has to defend the both of them, then there's the chance that he won't be able to protect Hiro well enough or be there fast enough to help him. He'd almost lost Hazel once because he'd been too slow to stop her from getting poisoned. He can't let that happen to Hiro, too.
At the same time, he's not at all surprised when Hiro tells him that. The boy's as stubborn as Nico is.]
Too bad, I'm telling you no. I can't ask you to risk yourself like that. It wouldn't be right.
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At the same time, he's not at all surprised when Hiro tells him that. The boy's as stubborn as Nico is.]
Too bad, I'm telling you no. I can't ask you to risk yourself like that. It wouldn't be right.
['And I'm not worth it,' goes unsaid.]