[ in retrospect, he probably should have realized she was awake. "sleep is for the weak," and all. ]
i would've been okay with just a "yes" but it's because it's cool? and i'm cool? come on pidge you're smart — do the math
anyway since you're awake can i borrow your headphones again whoever's bunking next door is having major nasal passage issues and i am not about that life
[Pidge would know she can figure out what is cool through science.
But even if she can't resist mocking his entirely uncool username, she is sympathetic to his request. Pidge doesn't have trouble sleeping. Well, more specifically, Pidge doesn't really try to fall asleep very often so much as just kind of eventually drift off in the middle of whatever she's putting in too many hours doing. It's totally a healthy way to sleep.
But Lance isn't her, and it's not like she's sleeping in the headphones.]
you didn't know you could load music files into your suit? I mean the ports are all different but obviously that was the first thing I figured out how to get around
[Pidge is glued enough to her phone--or Magitek, whatever, that she knows Shiro's gone. She'd stared at it for a moment, barely able to process, then raced to the library, then tried to raise him through the comm in her helmet. She wasn't even surprised when it didn't work.
She did not think to message her teammates because they'd already been messaged and she apparently overestimates their intelligence. And she didn't think to go find them for emotional support because even now she's too used to dealing with everything herself. So Keith's message is... not expected.]
They texted us all. He was transferred, apparently. Since, you know, it's totally like him to set off alone without even saying goodbye to us.
[Keep running toward where Lance is so he beats him, or stop and answer Pidge? Reason says do the latter, but his heart says do the former. There's a grunt of frustration as if he can't decide as he connects with her, coming to a halt.
Lance can wait. And Lance can shut up. He's not late because he's got any reason to be late. Pidge got back to him, and this—
This is important.]
It's just like those guys—I'm not surprised that ALASTAIR would just send him away. They probably didn't even give him much of a chance to do anything about it.
[Besides, Keith is the one to rush off alone without saying good-bye. Not Shiro. Never Shiro.
He's aware of that, too.]
Hey, uh, I'm meeting up with Lance. We're headed to your room, okay?
It doesn't have any repeat letters, which would make it more difficult if it wasn't a simple alphabetical shift. That's one of the first things my decryption program checks. Is Pines your last name?
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