"Curry would be so awesome," Hiro groans, and he relaxes even if he doesn't mean to. "And, yeah, I am. Hai."

Things are looking up in this death match, at least a little. At the very least, no one has tried to kill him yet, and he's found someone he has something in common with.

"I wouldn't count on finding much to eat around here, though, if whoever put us up to this wants us to die so bad."