There's a long, slow inhale from Allura... and a sharp sigh of an exhale. "I don't see what you have to apologize for. If anything, I can hardly believe that I would fall for Lotor's deception and become allies with him, and it shames me to think that — well, apparently I will."
And what's worse, she can already see exactly why she would. It was in what Keith mentioned about the heir of Zarkon, that Lotor is half-Altean. It bothers her to have that connection with such a horrid enemy, so much that it makes her skin crawl. But she also knows how lonesome she's felt, ever since she lost her world and her people, and how she's longed to reforce those connections wherever she can find them. That's not necessarily a bad thing — it helped her forge her friendships with the human Paladins, after all — but it would be easy for someone like Lotor to take advantage of it. So yes, even despite her better judgment...
She shakes her head, trying to clear that unpleasant line of thought from her mind.
"The rest sounds absurd as well, but it does line up with what Keith mentioned. That apparently, we'll be chasing fairy tales and actually find something. Though it makes more sense that even that would be more part of their machinations..." t's unusually dour for her, but hearing about what Haggar and Lotor get up to? It's reawakened her grudge against Zarkon and his allies.
But... she nods. Shiro's faith is a silver lining to all this. And she does believe it, because isn't that what their team does best? Pulling out a victory in the darkest hour.
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And what's worse, she can already see exactly why she would. It was in what Keith mentioned about the heir of Zarkon, that Lotor is half-Altean. It bothers her to have that connection with such a horrid enemy, so much that it makes her skin crawl. But she also knows how lonesome she's felt, ever since she lost her world and her people, and how she's longed to reforce those connections wherever she can find them. That's not necessarily a bad thing — it helped her forge her friendships with the human Paladins, after all — but it would be easy for someone like Lotor to take advantage of it. So yes, even despite her better judgment...
She shakes her head, trying to clear that unpleasant line of thought from her mind.
"The rest sounds absurd as well, but it does line up with what Keith mentioned. That apparently, we'll be chasing fairy tales and actually find something. Though it makes more sense that even that would be more part of their machinations..." t's unusually dour for her, but hearing about what Haggar and Lotor get up to? It's reawakened her grudge against Zarkon and his allies.
But... she nods. Shiro's faith is a silver lining to all this. And she does believe it, because isn't that what their team does best? Pulling out a victory in the darkest hour.