In Which Shiro Freaks Out Internally Because He Might Have Made A Mistake - Tumblr Posts

Shiro nodded, listening intently as she spoke, blue-grey eyes full of wonder and amazement at the sheer technological advancements that had gone into making her. He'd only seen inorganic beings like her in lab settings or on Galra ships. The thought of those ships sent a cold chill down his spine, and he quickly shook it away.

"You're not Galra tech, then?" He had to ask, had to be sure. His mind was swimming with possibilities. What if he'd brought Galra tech onto the ATLAS, what if he'd doomed them all, oh stars what if he'd messed up everything they'd worked so hard for just because he wanted to save an android. At the mention of the Blades of Marmora he calmed slightly, but only slightly. Heart racing, mind spinning, he stared blankly, eyes glassing over.

Please be on our side, he pleaded, mentally, unsure what he'd do with himself if he'd managed to doom everything in one act of so-called kindness. He was spiraling, and fast. Just because she'd been looking for the families of Blades didn't mean she wasn't out to get them. Just because she was under rubble after the Galra attacked didn't mean she wasn't one of them. His ears rang, heart thudding like war drums in his chest.

Shiro bit at the inside of his cheek, trying to snap himself back to reality, to try and pull himself back to the present. Pain usually worked. Nothing major, just a bit of a shock to his system, but he couldn't move, he could only sit there and half listen to her talk because of the thudding of his heart and the rushing of blood in his ears. He was panicking.