No, see, you just proved to me that you shouldn't. Point one: you walked from one spire to another. Or tried. Do you really think you'd make it with level one magic and a lot of running? [He eyes him. Having to return to this point is annoying, but it seems to square his reasoning away.] I like Saber a lot, but she's desperate. She asked me to do something for her, too, and you know what I did? I turned her down. Unlike you, I know my limits.

[The truth is, he regrets it to some degree. At the same time, he doesn't think he'd be able to do the mission he does want for himself with that team. Maybe later, but the idea of going after Seelie creatures seems unimportant. It also seems more threatening, and he'd prefer to stay in the arena of human beings.]

Point two: you aren't good at magic. I don't know why you think you can figure out something like that in no time. I'm picking it up quickly, but I'm no expert. And I sure as hell am not gonna stick fire somewhere unprepared because I know how to build explosives back home. [Of course, he figures that's new information to Hiro. Hiro thinks he's so damn smart that Jason figures he discounts any skills that Jason may have.]