"Obviously scrutiny is warranted. This alliance is young and fragile and given the history of my interactions with Voltron it would make no sense to simply accept me and my intentions. However, I am confident that under this scrutiny my intentions and goals will be found to be genuine."

Keith had found something, but there were so many possibilities that Lotor simply shook his head. "Feign? I fear you are mistaken; my ignorance in this case is genuine. All you have given me is "an unusual strain of quintessence." Do you not think that in ten thousand decaphoebes I have not sought it anywhere I could? I do not believe any such effort warrants such hostility."