( he wasn't going to ask clamor to teach him fireball magic to impress girls but there's nothing wrong with multiuse magic...

He can't imagine Hiro not being quiet, so he's going to assume that means he doesn't want to talk about the past. Or maybe he means that Maya's been quiet too, which isn't that surprising. )

She told me you only have each other NOW, so I assume you don't have any other sibLINGS... When did you lose your paRENTS?