Allura remained in the hallway long after the other three left. She was unsure what to do now that the three had gone. She was so used to the former Paladins all acting in unity, this generation was still… fractured? No that wasn't the right word for it. These Paladins cooperated very well for all their rushed-and-pushed-together-ness. The previous Paladins were so open and… well, she was biased either way. Eventually, she found the ability to move her feet and found herself on her way to the Blue Lion's hangar. She stood at the doorway, confused. And not for the first time. For perhaps the hundredth time she stood with her hand hovering over the access panel, remembering Blaytz.

She grew up around Blaytz. He had been flirtatious, outgoing, and sincere in his affection. He saw the beauty in everyone. Even when faced with the most terrifying of foes, he would find some way to compliment them all while taking them down. This had honestly annoyed Zarkon and Trigel to no end, but Gryrgan, Alfor and herself had always found it amusing. She missed it. And when she awoke and found she had to scramble and assemble a new generation of paladins, she was astounded at the parallels between the first Blue Paladin and the Second. Lance similar, yet different. It was… amusing. To know that two people who were of completely different species could be so similar that it was almost scary. And both of them Blue Paladins.

And now there she stood, the third Blue Paladin within the second era. The heritor of both title and Lion. She had no idea what she was doing as the Blue Paladin. They had made it look so easy… A soft purring entered her mind and she found her thoughts subdued. With little effort, she opened the hangar. She moved slowly, as if she was hypnotized, towards the Blue Lion. Before anything else had registered, she was in the cockpit, arms wrapped around herself piteously.

"What is it?" She asked, voice pained but curious.

Silence.

"Well, you've already brought me here, so you must have a reason!"

No answer yet again. Allura groaned and hung her head. Lance had been able to decipher the Blue Lion with such ease. How would she ever-

A growl cut her thoughts short.

Slowly, she let her mind reach out for Blue, and almost instantly, her senses filled with memories. Blaytz leading his people through a storm. Lance running through drills. Blaytz humming an old song to himself. Lance quietly naming family members to himself. Blaytz struggling to decipher an olde tome. Lance learning new words from a liberated planet. Herself.

Allura drilling the paladins. Allura reorganizing the archives. Allura learning to pilot Blue.

"What are you trying to show me?"

Blaytz. Lance. Allura. Blaytz. Lance. Allura. Blaytz Lance. Allura.

"You're not making any sense!"

Quiet.

Purring again. The memories stemmed. Then a different set of thoughts. An ocean teeming with life. A sea with treacherous waves. A placid, turquoise lagoon. A wide, boiling fumarole. A snow covered, icy tundra.

"I- I'm still confused. What are you trying to tell me.?"

More purring, and then the thoughts came in sequence. Blaytz. A lagoon. Lance. A fumarole. Allura. Falling snow. Blaytz. Lagoon. Lance. Fumarole. Allura. Snow. Blaytz. Lagoon. Lance. Fumarole. Allura. Snow. Blaytz. Lagoon. Lance. Fumarole. Allura. Snow.

"Blaytz is like a lagoon?"

A pleased chirrup.

"Lance is like a boiling lake?"

Another one.

"And I am… I am like snow?"

A prideful growl.

"But what is that supposed to mean?"

Another sequence: Blaytz. Blaytz. Lance. Lance. Allura. Allura. Blaytz. Blaytz. Lance. Lance. Allura. Allura.

"Blaytz is Blaytz, Lance is Lance, and Allura is Allura?"

A satisfied purr and the thoughts were cut short. Allura was again alone in her own mind to ruminate.

"Blaytz is Blaytz… Lance is Lance… Allura is Allura…" She said quietly. "Allura is Allura…"

The realization dawned on her like a sunrise over the horizon. Slowly, but every bit as powerful as the light it brought with it.

"Allura is Allura. I am me… Thank you."

There was another purr, and another image. The Blue Lion. The image felt like a question.

"Blue Lion… Blue Lion is Kymakobu."

Kymakobu.

The name was like a balm, soothing Allura's rattled mind, and bringing a few moment's peace to the two. And for that long, it was more than enough.