It wouldn't had been the first time I've hurt someone. I've had to beat up Otome once before, y'know.

[It sounded very out there from how casually Hiro said it, but he didn't do it out of malice. If he couldn't fight everyone with his full strength, then he couldn't get them to understand him and see that there was more than one way to handle the Polaris Problem. And considering they were going all out too, Hiro felt it would've been a disservice to hold back his full potential.

Then there was the fact that he was a naturally competitive person and hated to lose. A little switch would always go off in his head when a challenge was presented to him and that override his reason at times.]

Hm? [He's honestly never put much thought into the why, so he was rather curious.] Go ahead and shoot.