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[shiroics]

[A lot of emotions run through Shiro in very quick succession. Regret and relief are definitely two of them, but he prefers not to think too hard about which one came first and which second.

As always, it's easier for Shiro to express how he feels about Keith than about himself.]

I knew the Black Lion saw the same potential in you that I do. I'm sorry I couldn't be there for you, but I'm proud of you, Keith.

[secondnature]

Right ... thanks. [He hadn't ever said that before. Not to Shiro, not to any of them, not really. He felt shoved into the role, like he never had a choice in the matter. Only now, he knows of ... his future. Or what could be his future.

Not only does he disappoint himself, he's willing to bet that Shiro felt the same way.

Revealing that so soon after—

He's trying to be truthful about everything. Every mistake. But this one ...]

I'm not sure I'll always be piloting Black. We found you, you know.

[shiroics]

I wouldn't worry about it. We can trust Black to make the best decision for the team.

[secondnature]

—Are you really okay just giving up Black like that? You were the one to force Zarkon out of Black's head. You forged the bond, not me!

[shiroics]

We don't call dibs on the Lions, Keith. If it was about who did what first, Zarkon would still be the Black Paladin.

[No, he's not okay with it. But that's his problem to work through, not Keith's, the Black Lion's, or the rest of the team's.]

[secondnature]

[Honestly, the only thing keeping him from telling Shiro the whole truth is knowing about Shiro giving Lotor the Black Bayard. With the mission up ahead announced, it might be better to just ... leave the Bayard behind. They have alternative solutions on both of them.]

Fine. [Not fine. But it's said in that sullen kind of voice that says that he knows he has nothing to argue against it.]

Allura and Lance haven't been here as long as me. But Allura's from the future. My future. I think.

[shiroics]

All right. [They need to come back to this at some point, but it’s not their highest priority right now.]

You’re not sure? [Honestly baffled, not chiding. That seems like an important detail not to have worked out already.] What did she say about it? The, uh, time where she’s from.

[secondnature]

It's not ... what she said. It's more—if I left now and chose to go home, I wouldn't make the same decisions I did in her world. But sometimes a glitch happens, and it turns out that in a weird way, the time stasis ... isn't?

I know that doesn't make sense.

[shiroics]

Why don’t you run that past me one more time, a little slower.

[Shiro has had conversations with Pidge post-all night science bender that were easier to follow.]

[secondnature]

When we go home and get caught up, there's a glitch in what's keeping us here. Something to do with the dimensional thing. [Keith wishes Shiro were there when they met Sven. That would've ... helped a lot. Though thinking about it:]

Do you remember Slav? With all his stupid possibilities?

[shiroics]

I wish I didn’t, but go on.

[secondnature]

Yeah, well ... turns out he had a point. There are infinite possibilities. There are just less because of the work ALASTAIR did before.