Keith sighed quietly, holding back a potentially angry response. She was just asking, likely out of concern, and he really didn't blame her for asking. He'd probably ask the same of someone else in his situation.
That didn't make it sting less.
But, he pushed past it.
"For the team," he said. "We had to change who was in which Lion when Shiro went missing back home. Black chose me, Red chose Lance, and Blue chose Allura. But, we found Shiro again. And, after a while, the Black Lion took him back. I didn't want to push around Lance and Allura, and the Lions..." He frowned. "It's not like we can just swap easily. It takes time and work and there's the whole bonding thing and each Lion handles differently in flight and during battle, and has different weapons, and..." He was rambling. He stopped himself.
"It was just easier to let the team stay as it was. I don't have any other real skills to offer to help out with the Castle or the rest of the Coaltion that they'd need me on the team. So, I went with a different group."
Which also meant he technically no longer was Paladin... and he wasn't paired with a Lion anymore. And it hurt more than he wanted to admit. Because, admitting it meant that he might be doing the wrong thing, and he was pretty sure he wasn't. He was trying to do what was best for Voltron, and the Coalition, and the resistance against the Galra Empire, and that meant making sure Voltron had the best leader. That should be Shiro, not Keith.
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That didn't make it sting less.
But, he pushed past it.
"For the team," he said. "We had to change who was in which Lion when Shiro went missing back home. Black chose me, Red chose Lance, and Blue chose Allura. But, we found Shiro again. And, after a while, the Black Lion took him back. I didn't want to push around Lance and Allura, and the Lions..." He frowned. "It's not like we can just swap easily. It takes time and work and there's the whole bonding thing and each Lion handles differently in flight and during battle, and has different weapons, and..." He was rambling. He stopped himself.
"It was just easier to let the team stay as it was. I don't have any other real skills to offer to help out with the Castle or the rest of the Coaltion that they'd need me on the team. So, I went with a different group."
Which also meant he technically no longer was Paladin... and he wasn't paired with a Lion anymore. And it hurt more than he wanted to admit. Because, admitting it meant that he might be doing the wrong thing, and he was pretty sure he wasn't. He was trying to do what was best for Voltron, and the Coalition, and the resistance against the Galra Empire, and that meant making sure Voltron had the best leader. That should be Shiro, not Keith.