[ Hiro, how did you get yourself mixed up in everything?

actually, he knows the answer to that one. it hasn't exactly slowed down, and Loki doubts it will anytime soon. on one hand, he's close to certain that Nico's a Seelie—on the other, he remembers an echo of himself, and the importance that friendship brought to ... that him. to that Loki, worlds were risked to save his friends. or friend, at the time. here they didn't choose their sides, their sides chose them with all the blurred lines in between.

there's a raised brow to Hiro as Nico speaks. he's not judging, but there's certainly a level of "you did this" in it. ]

You've both certainly got yourselves into something. [ but hey, that little Loki did worse than this. but, well, that little Loki was also a god. ] I'd have a tendency to agree with him. [ there's a point to Nico, and then he holds up a finger. ] But ...

[ he doesn't look like he likes saying this, and there's a faintly apologetic look to Nico. ] If the task was appointed to both of you, there may be retribution for not carrying it out as the Shuck wishes. Let's not dig a deeper hole, so to say. Hiro may find himself on the wrong side of a divine being with a dominion over death, and speaking from experience, that's really no fun.