{ his eyes light up as she repeats the words. ] Yeah, dragons. Though- [ and that's when his head tilts to the side, like he's just remembering something that is absolutely not necessarily, but he's sharing anyway. ] I think they might have gone extinct? In the past. I can't remember if they're back. I think they were.

[ lance shrugs, obviously not all that bothered by it, because then allura is taking her hand and he says ready and maybe his chest is beating a little too fast, maybe he's a little too excited, but allura does take his hand and as they're propelled off, and lance feels...

good.

which is a little cheap, to encapsulate the whole of what he's feeling. being in water is helping, sure, but it's more than that. it's the sound of surprise allura makes, it's the squeezing of his hand before she's wrapping her arms around his neck, making it easier for them both to move. and maybe, just maybe, lance's mind goes back to the way she's wrapped around him before - back when she was sick, when she was seeking comfort. it starts up all kinds of emotions in his chest, but he swallows it back. tells himself not to stare at just how close they are for too long. to keep moving. ]

Yeah, well- the ability helps. But even before this, it's not my first time in an underwater world? You remember when we were all separated for a while? On different worlds? Hunk and I were caught on that underground one with the...well. The mermaids who were trying to mind control the other...mermaids... [ lance kind of trails off, as if he's. suddenly realizing that there's a little too much in common here than he would like. ] But it wasn't exactly the same!