Yeah. I mean, it's not like anyone on Earth really knew about the actual existence of other races out in space. We were still exploring our own solar system when he died, and I was still really young. Telling me then... I might have let something slip that could have gotten us in trouble.

[He sighed, but nodded.]

When I first found out, I thought it was because of the mission, to protect the Lion and prevent it from falling into Galra hands. That's how the Blades are supposed to operate. The mission above all else. But, Mom said that the mission just happened to work out that way. Her primary reason was to protect Earth... to protect me and Dad.

[Sometimes, Keith was kind of amazed how this war had shaped his life even before he knew it existed. Go figure. But Allura's comment about Alfor got him to look back up at her again.]

You mean why we found you and Coran in those cryotubes? That was your father's idea?