Lance: They poke holes in time, and show you an alternate reality where if you look the reflection in the eye, you’ll die.

Pidge: …Cut.

Pidge: Lance, I was being dumb, but do you not… do you not know how mirrors work?

Lance: I know how people say they work, and I know how they work.

Pidge:

Pidge: Back in the times that weren’t right now, there were different people, like King Zarkon, and back then, people were a bit doomed, as he was much more competent. Because his girlfriend did everything for him, which is the making of every good male ruler from back then. He just liked to take the credit.

Pidge: These days, Lotor is in charge, which is disappointing. This is a statute of his face. That should explain my point enough.

Pidge: Castle Doom has been here since it was built, except when we knocked it down with some massive robot lions, which was awesome, and then it wasn’t there for a bit. Which looked much better, if you ask anyone.

Pidge: It was designed to be so absolutely disgusting to look that, that people would actually want to go inside and look at Zarkon. They could handle his face. These days, they look, go inside, then decide the outside was better, because Lotor is much worse looking. He got stabbed in the face a while back, and it’s still an improvement.

Pidge: The Drule empire came up with many things, like nicking stuff from other people, and metal skirts. They were a big group, so they decided to form a boy band, and take over the universe. When that failed, they used guns, and the occasional glance at Lotor’s face instead.

Lotor: Maahox, why did we let a documentary crew in here?

Daniel's home planet, more specifically his kingdom, burns. Destroyed during the war. Daniel himself was only five when he, his 5-years-older twin siblings, and his 15-years-older oldest brother were shoved by their royal parents into an escaping ship, sent far away in secret before the planet was destroyed.

Daniel wears a collar necklace that hides his more alien features. Thanks to his people being more human-looking than not, it isn't difficult nor does it take the necklace that much power to hide them. Daniel knows he doesn't need to hide here in space where nonhuman entities are common, but he's used to hiding, it's been drilled into him so many times. Luckily his need for speed has been dismissed so far as just an adrenaline junkie part of his personality rather than something that's hard-wired into his genes. Unluckily, it's only gonna take one bad injury requiring a blood check and usage of the cryo-pods for his true identity to be revealed.

And Daniel realizes, upon checking the date today, that he needs to find an excuse to travel to Earth to join his siblings for the Mourning Festival and Rememberance Day before they track him down via the tracker they planted in him and drag his butt back.

Lance is kind enough to give him a mission near the solar system. Unfortunately it's not solo, it's with Pidge and Vince, so he can't just sneak out and claim the mission is taking him longer to finish. Vince might let him go if he explains that it's the anniversary of his parents' death, but Pidge would just dig deeper. And his oldest brother is good at hacking, sure, but he is not as good as Pidge.

And he doesn't want them thinking he's abandoning the mission.

Daniel bites his lip while waiting for Vince and Pidge to arrive at the hangar.

Daniel: I didn’t do anything??? This time???

Lance: You- you- YOU PUT FROZEN ON!

Pidge: Did you say-

Lance: No,nonononono- shut it off, throw it out the window-

Pidge: 🎵LET IT GOOOO! 🎶LET IT GOOOO! 🎵CAN’T HOLD IT BACK ANYMOOOOORE!🎶

Lance:

Lance: Look what you did.

Lance: Yep?

Pidge: When you were… um…

Pidge: HOW DID YOU KNOW YOU WERE A BOY?

Lance: …Pidge, is there something you want to tell me?

-

Lance: Okay, team, we have a gender reveal party to plan!

Daniel: You’re pregnant?

Lance: Not far along enough to need a gender reveal party.

Keith: I’m sorry, was that a yes-?!

Pidge: And?

Daniel: Well, I was wondering if that was related to you reproducing asexually, or…?

Pidge: Oh, Daniel.

Daniel: I’m in Black?

Lance: No, Vince is.

Lance: It is weird to me that you… decided to take Black. Without asking anyone else. You know he’s not yours by default, right?

Daniel: And, what, i’d fly Green?

Lance: Green is a respectable lion. And you’ll be learning that, as you’ll be sitting with Pidge.

Daniel: In Black?

Lance: In Green. As copilot.

Daniel: But-

Lance: No buts! Vince and Larmina can decide amongst them who wants Black, and who wants Blue. You made assumptions, and thus, do not get either.

Vince: I’ve never flown Blue, actually…?

Larmina: I can give Black a try, if you want to try Blue. Careful, her steering is a little looser than the other lions.

Lance: See? Team bonding.

Lance: For the record, I am in charge, not Larmina.

Vince: We didn’t think you were that irresponsible.

Larmina: Heeey!

Lance: Pidge, Hunk, cadets. Let’s go, Voltron Force.

Hunk: Just as soon as I’m done with my save game!

Pidge: Mom, do we have any socks?

Lance: Yes, Pidgey, we have socks- no, not in there, they’re not in the freezer, I put them in the fridge.

Daniel: You put… socks… in the fridge.

Lance: It’s hot. And Pidge is prone to heatstroke.

Pidge: Yes! Found some!

Lance: Wonderful. Okay, final thing. Who needs to do their business?

Vince: I’m good.

Larmina: Going.

Hunk: Aw, man… shouldn’t have had that soda.

Pidge: We’re not five, Lance, you don’t need to ask that- I’m going, I’m going.

Daniel: I’m fine.

Lance: Sure?

Daniel: Yeeeeep.

-

Daniel: Can we pull over, I need the bathroom.

Lance: I asked you before we left-

Daniel: I didn’t need to go then!

Lance: WE’RE FIGHTING LOTOR!

Daniel: Daniel no.

Lance: Yes!

Daniel: DANIEL YES!

Lance: NO- aaand he jumped. Pidge, did you fix our parachutes yet?

Pidge: No.

Lance, jumping: I was afraid of that.

Pidge: I DIDN’T FIX YOURS EITHER!