[She's way too calm about this in his opinion, though he wasn't exactly expecting a huge reaction either. Even he's aware that he's sort of a poster boy for an Unseelie shardbearer, chaotic in ways that he probably shouldn't be.

He'll ask. He'll have to ask because Merida's had this conversation with someone before. Why? What happened? Though he hasn't verbally asked yet the question's written all over his face and he's going to loop around probably when she least expects it. Close loops, Hiro. One thing at a time.

Tadashi means the world to him even now and though his brother's death had been so fresh when he arrived, time apart and time to heal have made him a better person in the wake of it. He still continues applying Tadashi's logic. Strangely enough, Tadashi's logic has helped him deal with the dead when trying to respect their final wishes.]

I--[Well. Yes, actually, and for a moment he looks gobsmacked. There's no argument for that. He blinks at her for a moment, pausing as he struggles to regain his footing in the conversation.] ...maybe. Does that mean that my heart wants me to be constantly changing? [It's a rhetorical question.]

Sometimes I think about things from home like if I'd still be Unseelie if I had managed to stop Tadashi or if I had actually killed Callaghan. What if things were still normal? What if Tadashi was still alive and we didn't become superheroes? Would the monarchs still think that the way I change things is enough? [All rhetorical questions that he waves off.] It's just stuff like that that I've given a ton of thought to.

[And with that loop closed...] You said someone told you sometimes people deserve to die. Why?