#technicolor00

Lance...blinked, a flush rising on his cheeks in confusion and embarrassment and wow, okay, bold and slightly aggressive James was really hot. And...and had he just insulted and complimented him at the same time?

"I..." It threw Lance completely off balance, confident persona gone as he stared owlishly at James. "Th-that's, um...the...the second one...?"

Get a grip, McClain!

"Wha-" A handful of confetti puffed into his face and Hunk scrunched his eyes shut for a moment. The suddenness of the whole thing was what threw him off and he blinked as the bits of paper fluttered around him and Keith and catching on their clothes. "Did you just..."

He'd been rescued from a long Galra colonized planet by this young man, but, so far, they didn't have much of a moment to catch up and talk. The action at ground level was too fast and they were fighting for their lives and, when applicable, one covered the other's back until they made it to the lion and rushed to escape the place. And once in the Castle of Lions things didn't calm down enough until what Dionisus thought to be a varga or two ago, either way, it was hard to communicate when his speaker was damaged even before they met and all he could use to express himself was the black visor on his helmet that showed simple and rudimentary symbols to show what he wanted, like an exclamation point to express some surprise or shock, or arrows to point out where he wanted to go — something he'd need to work on later, that com needed to have a way to be fixed somehow.

His head turned up when he heard the Paladin's voice — this was what he called himself, if the white cladded man remembered well — and nodded in understanding, then stood up while pressing a sensor on the back of his own neck to forcefully detach and remove the helmet from around his skull.

"Your camaraderie is reciprocated from my part. If I can help you in any way, just tell me." Dionius spoke after having his head up again and the helmet under one arm, while the other was held with the hand out for a polite shake. "Sorry for not speaking earlier, my helmet's coms is completely broken."

As if to break the tension, a soft cooing noise could be heard as a gooey, bioluminiscent substance came out of one of the blond's belt pockets and took a form that resembled a pudding with bunny ears on top of it and two bright, yellow-ish spots on what seemed to be the front of it's face. It blinked and looked at Keith from Dionisus' shoulder for a few moments before swirling around and mimicrying his pose for a few moments.

"I see someone finally woke up. This is Blobby, don't worry, he's just being friendly, he copies others when he feels safe. And I'm Dionisus. Call me Dio for short." He finally introduced himself and his little pet companion.

A headcanon for Catra and Aina.