[ Shiro flinches but doesn't say anything else. Some part of him wonders if it'd be better if none of them were involved, but no. Either the Lions would find someone else, or worse- they wouldn't, and Earth would have been attacked so much quicker, easier. ]

I don't see her giving up easily, no. [ Just like Pidge. Just like Matt. Shiro drapes his arm back over Lance's legs, fingers tapping idly against the line of his boot once more. ] It's not too personal. I do. They -- probably think I'm dead. If that was broadcast all over, it's -

[ God, they probably had a funeral and his family had to deal with that. It's nauseating. ]

It's a little different than you guys being whisked away in the night. Don't worry, okay?