[Again, he hesitates, but at Shiro's question, he simply gives a quiet nod. Thinking on it... that's probably the first time he's ever really admitted, even to himself, that Lance's disappearance didn't just feel cosmically unfair, but really hurt, too. Maybe he'd been too focused on trying to get by at the time, and letting himself stew in his own anger was only getting him so far, so his feelings on the situation remained tangled up before being put away entirely.
But, in a way, maybe that's not entirely a bad thing. Maybe now he's in a better place to be sorting it all out. Maybe they're the kinds of feelings best approached with someone else. He sure didn't want to be dumping these heavy topics on his last god, and while he still feels kind of uncomfortable with how vulnerable he's making himself with Shiro in this particular talk, he at least has the advantage of maturity on his side. He knows Shiro has his own troubles and worries to deal with, so Keith will definitely still have to do the majority of the healing on his own, but even a little guidance from his god is tremendously valuable.]
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But, in a way, maybe that's not entirely a bad thing. Maybe now he's in a better place to be sorting it all out. Maybe they're the kinds of feelings best approached with someone else. He sure didn't want to be dumping these heavy topics on his last god, and while he still feels kind of uncomfortable with how vulnerable he's making himself with Shiro in this particular talk, he at least has the advantage of maturity on his side. He knows Shiro has his own troubles and worries to deal with, so Keith will definitely still have to do the majority of the healing on his own, but even a little guidance from his god is tremendously valuable.]
Yeah... yeah. I hope so.