[...oh. He stops finally and just like that, the wind is out of his sails and the defiance and aloofness disappears. He knows Jason died back home. He understands that and okay, maybe Jason did have a point. Jason would understand dying and would understand the aftermath of it, but at the same time--

No. Was he being selfish? Was he really being that narrow-minded that he was so fixated on doing everything himself without really listening?

Probably.

He takes a deep breath, arms looping around to fold over his chest before he bows his head.]

...I'm sorry. [He's not going as far as to say "you're right" but they both know they're thinking such. Hiro's been working himself to the bone because he can't be a hero. Because Jason's right, he can't deal. And how stupid was he to just keep throwing himself in without knowing the extent of everything he's working on? Pretty stupid. He bites his lip briefly before he offers another shrug.]

Let me ask you something though, Jason. If I'd told you all of this when we first met, what would you have said?