Once Hunk had returned, Pidge left the room with Aurelis, and Lance heard Allura in the hallway outside as the Princess joined the Green Paladin and Aurelis as they headed towards the medical bay.

"I'll help with your medical scan," Allura told Pidge, just before they passed out of hearing range. Lance smiled to himself - it was just like Allura, to make sure the youngest Paladin didn't feel too awkward during something like this.

Allura was a pretty great Princess.

Lance was ridiculously pleased that she and Shiro were finally a couple - or would be, once Shiro got out of the cryopod. Lance felt his spirits dip a little at that thought, but then Hunk came over, and together, he and Lance began rebuilding the house of cards that had toppled over previously.

They'd gotten about half-way through the reconstruction process when Hunk heard Keith start talking in his sleep.

It was mostly fragments, and Hunk tried hard not to listen in, but it sounded like Keith was dreaming about the Garrison. Something about mechanical failure and a scapegoat and -

Oh, crap. Keith was remembering the Kerberos aftermath.

Lance realized it too, just a few seconds after Hunk did, and they exchanged looks of concern. Should they try to wake Keith up? Reassure him? Or would that just make him more disoriented?

Just then, Keith stirred and sat up, blinking and seemingly a little dazed, and Hunk turned and put a careful hand on Keith's leg.

"Hey there, man," he said. "Did you have a good rest?"

Keith blinked down at him then, blinked again, saw Lance, and then seemed to remember where he was.

"-oh-" he said. "uh-fine. It was fine."

He looked at his arm, sighed, and looked back at the two of them. "How 'bout you guys - did either of you - "

Hunk shook his head, and Lance gave Keith a thumbs up. "Nah, we're good," Lance said. "Pidge'll be back soon, and I'll be the last one to go - but then we should all be back to normal!"

Keith snorted and pointed to his own arm. "Well, almost."

Lance chuckled. "Yeah - almost."

Hunk turned around to look at the door as someone came down the corridor and turned to look in at them.

It was Rayzor, and he suddenly looked - concerned.

Hunk waved him in, and Rayzor came to stand directly beside the table where the house of cards still was in progress.

"How - are you?" he asked them, and Keith shrugged, pointing to his sling. "Apparently I am a red shirt," Keith said, and Rayzor looked confused.

"It's a movie reference," Hunk explained. Then his face brightened. "Hey - actually - Rayzor, maybe you could see it with us sometime!"

Lance grinned, nodding. "Yeah - once Pidge is done, maybe she can grab her movies and stuff, and we can show you a few Earth classics!"

Rayzor seemed even more confused and looked over at Keith. "Movie?" he asked.

Keith blinked again, rubbing his eyes with his good hand. "-it's - Earth entertainment," he said, and Rayzor nodded.

"Ah," the blue-skinned man said. "I think I understand."

Just then, Pidge bounded back into the room, and she had her usual pack on her back. "Sorry for the wait," she said, bounding over to the table and swinging her pack onto its surface. "I made a quick detour - ack! Sorry!"

The house of cards had fallen over again, but Lance waved the apology aside. "Eh," he said, "I could never get past the first two levels anyway - "

Just then, Aurelis poked his head into the room and called over to Lance, and as Lance left the room, he heard Rayzor ask the others if Coran and Allura might be able to join them shortly for a brief meeting.

Lance hoped they'd wait for him to get back before they started.