Pidge. [Her name's snapped without meaning to.] Just tell me what happens.
[It isn't hard to guess what might've happened and given the way she's hedging, it's only starting to make his fear on this one a lot more tangible. They're in a war. Soldiers die in battlefields all the time. But not Shiro. Can't be true for Shiro.
The counterargument rises to the surface of Keith's thoughts, but there's only so many times he can repeat that to himself before it starts feeling more and more like denial. His fingers dig into his arms.]
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[It isn't hard to guess what might've happened and given the way she's hedging, it's only starting to make his fear on this one a lot more tangible. They're in a war. Soldiers die in battlefields all the time. But not Shiro. Can't be true for Shiro.
The counterargument rises to the surface of Keith's thoughts, but there's only so many times he can repeat that to himself before it starts feeling more and more like denial. His fingers dig into his arms.]