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[princessences]

❝ You have reached Allura. I'm sorry to have missed your call, but please leave a message and I will get back to you as soon as possible. ❞

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[azurestar]

[He pokes his head out again not long after, realizing that in his haste he'd forgotten a change of clothes. And he's relieved to see that Allura had not.]

I- oh, hey thanks. [He grabs the clothes and disappears again. It takes him some time to change since he's a bit crippled, but he manages. When he comes out, he looks a lot better without all the swamp mess, even if Shiro's sweatshirts are big on him (they're big one everyone but Krolia probably).] Does Shiro just have an unlimited supply of these things?

[He jokes awkwardly as he comes back over to the couch, while adjusting the straps of his sling the way North had shown him in the swamp.]

[princessences]

[ The sound of the pipes calming down is her first indication that Lance is done, and it isn't long after until he reemerges. She offers a small smile as he returns, idly rubbing the top of Chuchule's head between her ears. ]

I think he's begun to invest in more of them. We can hardly be to blame that he happens to come in a size accessible to all of us.

[ Allura was the original sweatshirt thief, after all, although she had a very good reason for it. (At least she isn't like Keith who stretches out her cute leggings. Geesh.) ]

Are you feeling any better?

[azurestar]

[He comes over to sit next to her on the couch, smiling soft and reassuring.]

Yeah, I’m okay. Don’t worry about me, really. It is sooo much better to get all the swamp off, though.

[He sticks his tongue out in a silent ‘yuck’ expression. Then his demeanor sobers to something a bit more serious.]

But… were you really serious before? About dying on purpose to learn more about it all.

[princessences]

[ She smiles faintly in response. ]

I would imagine so.

[ That smile fades, though, as she nods in response to his question. ]

Yes. It was deemed unethical immediately, of course.

[azurestar]

[Lance can’t help but let out a bit of a breath of relief. Then he shakes his head.]

I get that it’d be good to know what might happen the more we die here, but… I don’t like the thought of you or anyone else I care about taking that risk when it might not even tell us something useful.

[princessences]

[ Allura offers a somewhat tired smile and shakes her head. ]

I have no plans as such. And I believe it's been made clear that doing so would be a terrible idea.

[ "Been made clear" definitely means "I already shamed Shiro about this". ]

Though it's as you said, it would be good to know. I believe we will have more opportunity to find out whether we want to or not.

[azurestar]

[Lance smiles back, clearly relieved and encouraged.]

That's great. We can just figure it out another time... another way, even.

[princessences]

[ She gives a short nod. ]

That being said...I hope you will give yourself sufficient time to rest after your last escapade.

[ Don't make yourself fodder for this testing, Lance. ]

[azurestar]

[Lance sighs and nods.]

Yeah, don't worry about that. I'm not crazy enough to go trudging through another swamp.

[princessences]

I know that you did it for a good reason.

[ Lance is generally only reckless when it comes to the safety of his teammates. ]

I'm hoping we can regroup before everyone ventures off again. But perhaps you should rest until then.