[ There's a smile in his voice as he says it, something that melts away as he continues. He's missed Keith while Keith was conspicuously busy, but waiting and watching while Keith was going through the trial - it took something out of Shiro. He knows that it was Keith's burden to bear, that if he'd had his way and called it to a finish when he first wanted to (the moment Keith was armed with a knife in a sword fight, if he's honest) Keith wouldn't have information he's wanted for a long time and they wouldn't have an alliance with the Blades, but...
it still ached. Every blow someone landed on Keith, every grimace on his face. And the things that hologram said to him, worst of all. ]
It was rough, standing by. Not being able to help you. Let me kid myself that this is enough to make up for it.
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Date: 2019-01-06 02:41 am (UTC)[ There's a smile in his voice as he says it, something that melts away as he continues. He's missed Keith while Keith was conspicuously busy, but waiting and watching while Keith was going through the trial - it took something out of Shiro. He knows that it was Keith's burden to bear, that if he'd had his way and called it to a finish when he first wanted to (the moment Keith was armed with a knife in a sword fight, if he's honest) Keith wouldn't have information he's wanted for a long time and they wouldn't have an alliance with the Blades, but...
it still ached. Every blow someone landed on Keith, every grimace on his face. And the things that hologram said to him, worst of all. ]
It was rough, standing by. Not being able to help you. Let me kid myself that this is enough to make up for it.