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[marmoron]

The stranger speaks and Keith's shoulders tense. It's been years since he heard that voice, but it's difficult to forget the voice of the person responsible for much of his friends' suffering.

"Lotor."

It's neither a question nor a greeting. However changed he may have become physically, Keith is certain of who he's speaking to. Perhaps the tone wouldn't be too surprising -- it wasn't as though the two had spoken much, even if they had been allies once. Not that that had ended disastrously or anything. He brushes aside the polite inquiry, not interested in chit chat.

"When did you get here and what's the last thing you remember?"

Sensing the hostility, the Greninja comes to stand by Keith's side.

[waitatick]

"I'm not sure why such information is of such vast importance to everyone in this particular dream, but as I told Allura before setting off on this path, the last thing I remember is the Princess insisting I sleep after our return from Oriande. For which you were not present."

Not that he could blame him; obviously his duties as a Blade had called him away.

"I awoke, such as can be done in one's own dream, perhaps a varga or two ago."

He didn't mention the hostility, though he felt it entirely unnecessary.

[marmoron]

Whatever Lotor is trying to insinuate by pointing out his absence, it's effective at making Keith bristle. With the way things had unravelled, how could he not wonder how events could have been different had he chosen to stay with the paladins? Is it possible that he could have picked up on the strange behavior of Shiro's clone? At the very least, during his short time as leader before the clone had taken over, it seemed he was the only one adamant about pursuing Lotor.

But those are all hypotheticals that are neither here nor there. What's happened has happened and there isn't any going back to undo the damage that Lotor and his deranged family have caused. What does matter right now is how Lotor is going to conduct himself in Johto.

"Yeah. I was away. Trying to source the origin of an unusual strain of quintessence."

He'll leave it there for now, waiting for a reaction.

[waitatick]

He saw that bristling and shook his head, frustrated with his own reaction to the situation. "My apologies. I did not mean to imply that your absence is in any way detrimental. Your duties with the Blade of Marmora obviously come first. I am simply disoriented here and am getting the distinct feeling that I am being monitored very closely, and that tends to make me more surly than usual."

At the mention of quintessence, Lotor merely sighed. "Did you manage to source it? It would likely be effective in taking down the witch."

[marmoron]

It's funny how so few words can answer so many questions. Even here, then, Lotor had every intention of keeping up his lies. That's all the information Keith needed out of him. He'd given Lotor one chance to be honest of his own volition without prompting, without pressure, and perhaps even that singular chance was too much offered in the first place considering the countless innocent Alteans who'd been led to the slaughterhouse for Lotor's ambitions.

"I take it you don't feel that scrutiny is warranted?" Keith starts, keeping his tone as even as he can manage. "Fow long are you going to feign ignorance?"

This makes me so sad

[waitatick]

"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."