[The correction comes quickly, though not in a defensive tone of voice. It'd been so long ago that his biggest concerns had to do with the Galra and Zarkon's witch that he'd honestly forgotten how the word "experiment" might come off. But her follow up question makes him falter. It's the first time he's been asked that question so bluntly, and though he can't fault the princess, the reminder that he's not her "real" friend is bruising in ways it shouldn't be rationally.
He's never met Allura prior to Hadriel -- not really. He's never met any of the paladins. For so long they only ever existed in his head as memories as bright and vivid as sunlight, but it hadn't really been until seeing Shiro and Lance in Hadriel that he'd ever been forced to decide what to think about it all. He doesn't have to be defined by his memories, he could have, in theory, pushed them all away because they're strangers -- logically, rationally.
But he hadn't been able to do it. One glance at those two in the colosseum with the dragons. One glance at Allura in their upside down house. In the end, he's a sentimental idiot that doesn't know how to let go, but the echoes of rage leave a bitter taste in his mouth.]
Nothing happened to him. The people who cloned me took a radial image of his mind. They had technology that let them do that without the subject knowing anything about it. They don't even have to be in the same universe to do it. He's safe. Waiting for you guys to go back home.
i'm dreaming mouse bathing dreams...
[The correction comes quickly, though not in a defensive tone of voice. It'd been so long ago that his biggest concerns had to do with the Galra and Zarkon's witch that he'd honestly forgotten how the word "experiment" might come off. But her follow up question makes him falter. It's the first time he's been asked that question so bluntly, and though he can't fault the princess, the reminder that he's not her "real" friend is bruising in ways it shouldn't be rationally.
He's never met Allura prior to Hadriel -- not really. He's never met any of the paladins. For so long they only ever existed in his head as memories as bright and vivid as sunlight, but it hadn't really been until seeing Shiro and Lance in Hadriel that he'd ever been forced to decide what to think about it all. He doesn't have to be defined by his memories, he could have, in theory, pushed them all away because they're strangers -- logically, rationally.
But he hadn't been able to do it. One glance at those two in the colosseum with the dragons. One glance at Allura in their upside down house. In the end, he's a sentimental idiot that doesn't know how to let go, but the echoes of rage leave a bitter taste in his mouth.]
Nothing happened to him. The people who cloned me took a radial image of his mind. They had technology that let them do that without the subject knowing anything about it. They don't even have to be in the same universe to do it. He's safe. Waiting for you guys to go back home.