[Whoa, something weird's going on with Kou... Hiro's eyes go wide for a moment, reflecting his slight alarm.]

You're... fighting God? Why are you doing that? And what is the King of Bel? [His tone is merely curious, not accusatory. Hiro knows to accept his friend's choices, no matter how dangerous or just plain odd they seem.]

Taking down Polaris... that is an option, actually, though not one I really considered. We would be free from Polaris's judgments, but also free from protection... huh. [He's mulling it over a bit.]