Hiro chuckled softly, the slightly forced smile on his face looking out of place amongst his forlorn expression. An ennergetic voice cut through the short silence that followed. "Carnival?" Hiro asked.
"Yeah! Me and Zoey thoght it'd be a good idea to go...do something fun! It's been kinda boring around here lately, don't you think? I mean, boring's better than inches away from a possible death, but fun's better than boring!" Alex said cheerfully.