[He winces. Lance. Lance who watched him break down his walls and confess to some of the bleaker things in his soul. Hunk. Pidge. All of them needed him and he’d been pulled away.

He glances at his own right arm. It works. He flexes the fingers. Yep. No flowers.] Lance, Hunk, and Pidge now. Lance was...we need to get back.

I doubt I was gone for a while but... [Keith’s grip on Shiro’s shoulder subtly increases. It’s a testament to his control that he only squeezed a little.] you’ve been gone a month. I looked everywhere then...I was sent back too.