[To any of them. Least of all the one who'd been ripped away, who forced him on ahead. He should have stayed behind. He'd already been the one to suffer the enemy. She never should have -- ]
[For a moment, those stars flicker. The barrier wavers with flashes of faces left behind. Allura, smiling and proud and strong even as hands closed around her. The others, fighting some unknown enemy. Matt, lying betrayed and crumpled and wounded by his hand. And...]
[It's only flashes, this time. He's got other thoughts to focus on. To bring himself out of it -- to keep it from spilling over too much onto someone just arrived.]
... I hope I am. I -- have to hope I am.
[Slow breaths. Ragged.] Sorry, I... still getting used to this brain-sharing thing.
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[To any of them. Least of all the one who'd been ripped away, who forced him on ahead. He should have stayed behind. He'd already been the one to suffer the enemy. She never should have -- ]
[For a moment, those stars flicker. The barrier wavers with flashes of faces left behind. Allura, smiling and proud and strong even as hands closed around her. The others, fighting some unknown enemy. Matt, lying betrayed and crumpled and wounded by his hand. And...]
[It's only flashes, this time. He's got other thoughts to focus on. To bring himself out of it -- to keep it from spilling over too much onto someone just arrived.]
... I hope I am. I -- have to hope I am.
[Slow breaths. Ragged.] Sorry, I... still getting used to this brain-sharing thing.