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january 24

[galrarm]

[ Well, that happened! Shiro wakes with a new arm, a new hair color, and a ton of new memories. At least he knows everything Pidge told him--he'd seen it himself. Every part of it. He knows about the clone--he has his memories, too--and Keith's death makes sense now.

He wishes it didn't.

One thing is for certain, though: He's so incredibly proud of Keith, and he can't even tell him. Ugh.

Regardless, he goes to Keith's room, and knocks on the door. ]

[yousaytron]

[Keith knows what this is all about. It happened with Yona a while back, and she had been out for a very, very long time before waking up. He remembered doing what he could to keep Yoon distracted during her nap, and when she awoke once more, she had months of new memories, her hair had grown out... he suspects something similar happened to him after Futaba disappeared as well, contributing that to a few missing days as well as a couple of physical changes, though the only witness to it would have been Red. When it happens to Shiro, he knows there's not really anything that can be done about it, just wait it out, make sure he's safe...

It doesn't stop him from being antsy about it the whole time. The other temple residents surely found him fussing over making sure Shiro was doing all right during his nap more than a couple of times, and while he made sure that the temple was running smoothly in his absence, his own worries definitely kept him from taking entirely good care of himself. As it is, Shiro catches him in a moment where he's unsuccessfully trying to get himself to catch some extra sleep. The knock jostles him out of his 'rest' with a start, but with what's going on, he can only assume that someone coming to his door is urgent. He opens the door with haste, and-]

-- Shiro!

[He looks different, but at least not wildly so. The white hair and arm are both quite the shock, but more than anything, it's a relief to see him up and about again.]

[galrarm]

Keith.

[ He knows Keith, and Keith's the one he'd worried about when he'd woken up. He knows Keith is a good leader; he'd seen it himself, in that whirlwind of memories. Shiro's known from the beginning that Keith could be a capable leader, because Keith is the exact sort of caring, attentive person a team needs. ]

I'm sorry I was out for so long.

[yousaytron]

[For a moment, Keith can't really bring himself to do much more than let out a sigh of relief. Like all the tension he'd been building up over the past couple of days suddenly slips away leaving him feeling the brunt of his concern all at once.]

It's good to have you back.

[That's a good place to start.

Keith eyes the obvious changes in Shiro's appearance before searching him for other signs of distress or injury. Anything that might need to be addressed now that he's awake...] What happened to you? Are you okay?

[galrarm]

It's good to be back.

[ It's almost like normal, the way they talk and act around each other. Shiro would be fooled, if he didn't know the truth. The point is, he feels at ease around Keith. Keith, who saved him so many times. ]

A lot of memories came back to me. [ He crosses his arms. ] Or, I guess I caught up with them. But I'm alright--I'm not hurt.

[yousaytron]

[He finds that maybe a tiny bit hard to believe, but Shiro doesn’t look like he’s in particularly dire straits, so... Keith will take his word for it.]

Must have been an awful lot of catching up. [He looks like he’s been through a lot, even more so than when he first showed up.] You were only out for a couple of days, but we were all pretty worried. Does Pyrrha know you’re up?

[galrarm]

[ Everything Is Fine. ]

You don't know the half of it. [ He smiles slightly. ] I'm planning on visiting her next, actually. I must've really startled her, suddenly passing out like that.

[yousaytron]

[You don’t know the half of it!!]

Go let her know you’re okay. You’re probably pretty hungry, I’ll go get something started for us to eat while you see her.

[galrarm]

Are you sure?

[ Not everyone is as inept in the kitchen as you are, Shiro. ]

If you're busy, you don't have to take time to do that.

[yousaytron]

Trust me, it'd be a welcome change of pace.

[Getting a chance to do something honestly kind of relaxing without the looming thought of 'when's Shiro going to get up?!' to distract him sounds like a blessing right about now. Besides... it's not like shinki need to sleep. That extra rest he was trying to grab can wait. It's fine.]

I'll meet you when you're done, we can catch up with you over a meal.

[Sound good?]