Allura sat on her bed, the events of the past few hours weighing heavily on her mind.
Shiro had done it. He had reformed his bond with the Black Lion and it almost seemed like the team was whole again. Shiro was far more diligent in what the team needed than Keith had been, this would likely be far better for the team in the long run.
It wasn't that Keith had done a bad job as leader. Sure it got off to a rocky start yet it worked itself out. The problem had been in the different leadership styles. Allura had been trying for weeks to make Keith focus more on helping build the coalition, but he'd never really been on board doing the small important things that needed to be done. Acts of charity and the shows to boost moral... it wasn't his thing. Shiro had been for it (from the sidelines) from day one.
Keith was a mad of action but Allura wouldn't call him a show off. And in a way, that's very much what they did at these shows, they showed off. It got the crowds excited and brought far more allies and resources to Voltron than fighting alone could. While he had acknowledged that; he still made it clear he wasn't...what was the term? A show pony.
At first that's what she thought drove him closer to the Blades of Mamora. And maybe it was. She learned early on that if Keith didn't want to do something it was very hard to convince him otherwise.
And now he was gone. He had left them to join Blades of Mamora in earnest.
Shiro was already busily preparing more acts of charity, chivalry, and shows with Coran and Lance.
Allura was torn on how she felt.
On the one hand, Shiro was what the team needed right now as a leader. Someone who was both good on that battlefield and with diplomatic matters. He had more than proven himself on both fronts.
On the other… Keith was now in the hands of Blades of Mamora. True they were powerful allies who the team relied heavily on. Still Allura had seen how they treated their own when things got dodgy. She was afraid for lost paladin and what they might do to him. Or not do.
As things stood the princess had no idea when she's see him face to face. There was a real fear that she may not see him again…
Her other fear was when she saw him aga in… she wouldn't recognize him.