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--ome in! Anyone!

[Yikes, man, tone down the yelling. The voice is frantic. Rightfully so, considering the last thing he remembered was being ejected into space. This is not the planet he thought he'd wind up on. There are humans here, and it looks like Earth.]

[But there's weird animals here. And no one seems concerned about a yelling, very upset man who just appeared out of nowhere.]

I don't know what's happened! I -- I need pickup, immediately!

[Yeah, he maybe only half listened to the explanations, but seriously, things were bad a minute ago.]

Pidge! Coran! [And then, almost grudgingly:] Lance -- someone pick up! This is Shiro and something's gone wrong! I don't know where I am -- I don't know what's happened, but I need someone to answer me now!

[Give him a few minutes to calm down. To pace and refocus himself. To listen and read up on the situation. Anyone who happens by the area sometime after the basically panicked broadcast can find him in New Bark Town. Under a tree, just...]

[What is he supposed to do now?]

[There's an Aron huddled up by his leg, but he doesn't seem to pay it much attention, right now.]

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...I don't know if licking is worse or not. Less painful, but a lot creepier. I mean...metal must taste like...metal. [Good job, Church.] I mean I guess these critters have their quirks and get nutrients from all kindsa weird shit, so eh, who am I to really judge. My metal ball recharges by being near my electric sheep. [DO ANDROIDS DREAM HA HA]

Dude, man, going to war with aliens means we kinda can't keep aliens under wraps. Did yours seriously try to cover it up MIB style?

It's not as bad as chewing. I'll take it, for now. [Okay, maybe he shouldn't ask, but--] Electric sheep?

[He shouldn't ask about that, and he doesn't know what to say to this. Instead of trying to make things up, he just, shakes his head, and goes with the honest answer.]

I don't know. I wasn't there. That's what I assume, at least.

Electric sheep. Woolite, c'mere! [Dutifully, a Mareep in all her fluffiness nudges into screen, Church leaning his cheek against her fluff.] She shoots sparks and lightning and static electricity. Literal electric sheep. No, I do not count electric sheep to sleep.

Mmmmman, if we'd tried to keep aliens under wraps, I don't know if that would've ended with Earth destroyed and humanity extinct or if we had never gone to war at all. It's over now, though. For whatever that's worth.

[... That's adorable. That's way too adorable to be possible. It's so small and fluffy. If Hunk were here, he'd probably have seven.] She's adorable.

[He is stunned.]

Yours is over, ours... I think it's just started.

[She gives the cutest lil REEEEEEP noise of approval ever. What a good fluff.]

...You just started an alien war?

It... I didn't start it.

[At least, he doesn't think so.]

We just sort of got thrown into it.

Oh, yeah, those are the worst. Here's a gun, go to this backwater planet in the middle of nowhere, and if you see these clearly alien guys, shoot 'em. Best plan in the galaxy there.

Yeah... it's. Something like that all right.

[Except with more giant mecha lions.]

Add some yelling kids and you're... yeah, that's about right.

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