ʟᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴍᴄᴄʟᴀɪɴ (
spacebaloney) wrote2018-06-26 02:32 am
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» in space, everybody can hear you scream

You've reached Lance, the Paladin of the Blue Lion. It breaks my heart to tell you that I'm unavailable to take your call right now, but if you leave me a message, I'll get right back to you.
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I don't understand.
No, he was busy trying to figure out why he couldn't climb the ledges
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hey shiro
you think this guy is from your future?
that's the only way i can think of how he knows you and you don't know him
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I know I told Keith I didn't want to hear anything
Except whether or not everyone was okay
Random guys who look like me probably don't fall under "okay".
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i mean, sure my only concern was whether or not you guys kicked me off the team, but he still could have slid it on in there
a little
you know
"oh hey shiro has a twin that sounds like he's been swallowing swedish fish nbd"
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Why would we kick you off?
... and
I don't think "swallowing swedish fish" is something you can SOUND like.
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[It takes Lance a few moments to think about, but then he remembers: no talking about your feelings anymore. Doing that is just whining.]
doesn't matter
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[Oh, this... this again.]
Matters to me.
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that's shiro's business
you know how he is about you, dude
[After all, Lance learned about Shiro's future from Pidge and Hunk, not Keith.]
it doesn't matter to me anymore
[A lie, but Shiro can't call him out on it if he can't see Lance's face, where all his emotions lie bare for all to witness.]
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Then ask him about yours? Or Pidge. I think he, Hunk and Pidge are all on the same page.
[Yeah he has no idea.]
You sure?
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i just wanted to know if my family was okay
pidge and hunk told me that much
[The message ends there and hHe doesn't answer Shiro's question. There's only but so much lying Lance can do to his leader. Because no matter how much Lance has been assured by Pidge and Keith that he's still on the team and he's now flying Red instead of Blue, there's still that stupid voice in the back of his head that whispers "But for how long?"]
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Keith said everyone made it out okay.
And that was all I needed to know.
[He doesn't have the whole story. But at this point, he's okay with that.]
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[Lance knows something hinky goes down with Shiro's soul. Pidge practically yelled it in his face during their argument over how Lance felt like the seventh wheel in things. But he'll never say a word about that to anyone, especially Shiro. The question is purely and intentionally innocent.]
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That's really all I ever wanted
Finish the fight
Make sure you guys got back home
Where you could see your families again
[That's enough for him. It's going to have to be.]
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guess we got what we wanted in the end
[Or so he thinks.]
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I'm already proud of you guys.
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even when we're about to get bagged by the jennies?
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Pidge told me what happened. I think you guys are in the clear.
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that little snitch
i'm gonna fart in her sleeping bag
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Yeah
maybe don't
Do that.
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and it was a juicy one too
i had a double burrito with extra beans for lunch
[God, how can you be proud of someone so gross?]
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And I'm not saving you
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Guess that means I get your room.
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give it to blue
he's earned his space outside the pokeball
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