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[While most people are still asleep, Lance is on the grind. Like, literally. He's standing in the bathroom of the Attack on Voltron house, clad in the Starmiebucks' uniform with the nice circular logo of a Starmie in the center of the apron, flashing a dazzlingly white smile at the camera even if it's just after dawn and most people are still asleep and the poor souls who are awake aren't even thinking about popping fingerguns at the network like he's actually doing right now, oh my god. His hair is laid and his face is moisturized to perfection, sunscreen and high quality lip balm and all. Someone's gotta make the Latias Lattes and it's gonna be him. Lance might as well look good while doing so.]

Hello, world! I'm Lance and this is my announcement that today, the best leg of Voltron, the right blue one, is gainfully employed at your local Starmiebucks. [He cups his ear, feigning deafness because he's also dramatic as well as being a moron.] Wait? What's that? What's Voltron? Oh, just a gigantic robot that's currently saving the entire universe back at home, one Galra at a time.

[Christ, who was idiot who hired this braggart fool? Fire them and him.]

Anyway, this week, we're running a half-priced special on your favorite Pokéccino and with every one purchased by a pretty face, you get a chance to win a date with me, Lance the Blue Pala-

[Enjoy that sudden high pitched shrill scream that can probably be heard for miles as the 'gear clatters to the floor and the sound of Lance scrambling along the floor is heard following it. All the camera catches is one blue tentacle slowly retreating back behind the shower curtain, leaving droplets of water in its wake.]

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Well, yeah, it kinda is if you don't want cancer or a sunburn.

[Not that he uses sunscreen all the time himself. Lance is living dangerously under that hot tropical sun back home.]

So which one are you, Armin or Jean?

That is what Shiro said, though I'm still not entirely certain what that is.

[Listen, back home everybody works in the sun and dies at the age of 50 like god intended.]

I'm Armin.

[Hey, did you ever consider that maybe correlation does imply causation in some cases there, Coconut Boy?]

You've never heard of cancer?

[What rock has this guy been under?]

Not until Shiro mentioned it.

[The sort of rock where having indoor toilets is still kind of an iffy thing. Let alone knowledge of amazing futuristic things like cancer, and sunscreen and electricity.]

Huh. They don't have cancer in your world? That's pretty lucky. Less ways to die, I guess.

[Yeah, about that... Lance only got told their names and not much else about where Jean and Armin hail from. Titans vs Cancer: a literal fight to the death?]

[Thanks. They already have plenty of ways to die.]

It might be that we simply don't know about it in my world. There is a lot we don't know about. I had never even seen an ocean until we got here.

Never seen an ocean? Why not?

[Christ, what kind of world is this? Lance gets not everybody grew up in the tropics like he did, mere feet away from the sand and sea, but to not know about an ocean at all? Sounds like hell to this half dolphin guy.]

Back where we come from, most of the world is dominated by titans. The only place where humans can survive is within a small area protected by the Walls. But there is no ocean within the walls. And it is forbidden to explore outside of the walls. In fact, even just discussing what may lay outside of the walls is against the law.

That sounds fucked up.

[For lack of a better term. Lance isn't that dumb to think every place is all sunshine and roses. He's read more than his fair share of history books, but still, talking to someone whose lived through it leaves him a little lacking in words that seem comforting enough and more questions.]

What are Titans? What happens when you talk about whatever's outside the walls?

[Lance has no idea what he's stepping into.]

Titans are a type of monster. They look somewhat human-like, though their proportions are often not quite right. Most titans stand anywhere between three and fifteen meters, though exceptions have been recorded. All we know is that they suddenly appeared a bit over a century ago, and decimated the human population. The only survivors were the people who were able to flee behind the walls. Or at least, that is how our history books tell it.

They lack the ability to speak or communicate in any meaningful way. They seem to possess some ability to learn, though, like most things regarding the Titans, we have no idea to what degree. The only thing we know for certain is that, despite lacking any sort of digestive organs, they are singularly driven to devour humans.

As for talking about the outside world or making any attempt to visit -- this is considered treason and is punishable by death.

[boy.]

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[And then suddenly Armin is talking and talking a lot and those are some heavy words and frightening concepts he's laying out for Lance. Man-eating monsters and laws that isn't really helping the situation? Lance can only say one thing in response:]

That sounds really fucked up.

[Armin could tell him more. He could tell him about the corruption. Or about how many people had died when the Colossal Titan had attacked Shiganshina. Or worse yet, how many of them had been sent to their deaths, all under the banner of 'retaking the wall'.

He won't though. There is no sense in complaining about such things.]

We are trying to make things better.

[There's no sense in telling Lance the nitty gritty details because if he's learned anything from being part of Voltron is that no matter how he feels about his place on the team, he will always feel the call to help. And there's no way anybody here can help Armin and Jean.]

I hope you do.

[Said quietly because Lance doesn't know what else to say. Asking how they're trying to help isn't important, just that they do. That they at least try instead of sitting around and hoping someone else does.]

Thank you.

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