[The words sting, compounding on top of each other as Keith keeps going, all of them aimed for every weak point in Pidge's carefully constructed mental armor. She'd told herself - convinced herself - that there's nothing wrong with enjoying their time in this alternate universe. But in the back of her mind there's always been the pain of wanting to go back home, to see the war truly ended, to be back in the arms of her mother and father. Keith is bringing all of that to the forefront of her mind, and with that final question posed to her Pidge finally snaps.]

Of course I do! Don't you ever even question that!

[The outburst has her raising her voice and her hands ball into fists, and it's enough to wake Rover up with an indignant, pained squawk. But his trainer doesn't seem to pay him any mind beyond releasing him from her hold.]

I wanna go home and be with my parents and be done with fighting the Galra but I can't. None of us can leave of our volition and none of us know what the quiznak we're supposed to do here! It's just- This is all totally out of our control and the only thing we can do is make the best out of it, especially when it's like having a second chance at life for a lot of people. Including Shiro. In the grand scheme of things, it-- This isn't the worst detour we could've been forced to take.