After Shiro had informed all the others about the girl's awakening, everybody rejoined and gathered in central command once again to question the female. At first everything was quite awkward between everyone, they just kept darting their eyes around to look at each other...waiting for one another to begin talking.
Finally, the Princess cleared her throat and opened her mouth to speak to the young girl. "Hello...how are you?" She began with a soft and reassuring voice, smiling at her as a gesture of kindness.
The (e/c) eyed girl crossed her arms and shifted her weight a bit as she stared back at the seven individuals in front of her. She gazed over all of them, and saw all the expressions lining their faces. Shiro, the one she met earlier in the morning, wore a look of intrigue.
"I'm fine." The (h/c) haired girl quickly stated.
Allura hummed in response and continued to keep on her kind smile. The girl also noticed that the short girl, the boy with an orange bandana, and the skinny guy with short hair all shared the same expression as Shiro. However, the one with the red jacket held an expression of distrust and skepticism. Instead of continuing to concentrate on the boy with violet eyes, she turned her attention back over towards Princess Allura.
The girl sighed heavily and slowly and began to speak once again,
"I know that you have questions, and I do too, but involving yourselves with me is a huge mistake. So, if you could please give me back my stuff and let me leave, things would be better for the both of us." The mysterious girl explained to the others around her, immediately after she finished speaking she heard a scoff come from the boy in the red jacket.
"See, I told you, she doesn't even trust herself around us." He exclaimed, causing more scoffs to resonate with in the room.
"Keith! Just stop! You're just making her uncomfortable." The brown-haired boy proclaimed in annoyance towards the guy, now known to the girl as Keith.
"Both of you need to stop!" The short female exclaimed towards the two, now arguing males.
"You're both making her uncomfortable." She finished.
"Paladins, please-" Allura said abruptly, still in a calm tone of voice, then turning her attention back towards the girl,
"If we were to give you back you're things where would you go?" She asked.
"I can manage myself just fine...after all, I've been doing it on my own for three years." The girl said.
Shocked expressions began filling the room, the thought of this girl being out here for three years completely took everybody back. Allura's eyes were wide, she couldn't even speak for a few moments because of what she had just heard the girl say.
"Y-you've been out here by yourself for three years?" She asked the human girl shakily.
The girl blinked slowly, processing what she had just asked, then released a small chuckle.
"I wish I could say that was true." She exclaimed vaguely, turning away from the seven individuals in front of her. The girl took a few strides towards the large window, gazing up at the millions of stars surrounding the galaxies. She smiled as she accidentally began reminiscing over what little time she had spent with her mother. Remembering that all she ever wanted to do as a child, was gaze at the night sky and talk endlessly with her mom. However, it was cut short due to someone interrupting her train of thought.
"If that's not the case, then...how long have you been out here?" An older man's voice rang in her ears. She shifted in her place once again, remembering all the things she has gone through over the many years of being out in space.
She turned her head over her shoulder, ever so slightly, her eyes glazed with hate and regret. "Fourteen years." She said prominently, taking everyone even more aback.
