[Is he...hissing at his cat? Just a little bit. So he forgot to scratch him under the chin before grabbing his paw, whatever. The cat's very mellow even if sometimes Hiro pushes his buttons too far. Apparently Minato doesn't approve either, but he's more focused on the topic at hand.]

I've always assumed she connected the spirits to the natives, maybe. She was out in the jungle with us, that makes the most sense based on what we already know. From what I gathered from listening to people, she's like their queen. It doesn't surprise me that they would want her back.

Why wouldn't that be interesting to me? [He's genuinely curious.] This is the first time I'm hearing anything about tournaments. And what about the backlog? Where's it stored? Does that mean that Mosley knows exactly what's coming for us long before we even have time to prepare ourselves? How come we can't choose our own game?