"--nuh-uh. Were you seriously?" Hiro's going to lean in and squint a little, trying to imagine Sam offering a cheese plate and trivia about landscapes to snobby art patrons. Full disclosure: he knows nothing about art galleries.

It's easier to talk about other people's hypothetical "before", especially since Hiro already tended to think of his life in terms of "before" and "after, with one particular cataclysmic event dividing them. But Sam is overflowing with snark and teasing and even in the serious moment, that feels right.

The question is shrugged off, answered oh-so-casually, "That you were a witch who cursed people."