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[Once again, Lyall feels that sense of kinship he has felt with Ulaz since the beginning. He also stands out among wolves for his size, his tastes, the way he doesn't seem to fit in with mostly large, burly, boisterous men.]

I see parents are the same everywhere you go.

[Usually definitely was outside of normal for the traditional view of a Galra. Pretty much all technicians were. Yes, they could be just as bloodthirsty as was considered normal, but their designation to more scientific fields made it harder for them to become commanders and warlords]

So it seems. My mother was less the problem than my father.

You do have quite clear memories of them, in spite of being much older than me.

[That is impressive to him. Maybe it's due to Ulaz's species, the long memories come with the rest.]

I do not remember much of m life before the pack.

These were important. Other smaller things have been forgotten, but these are things that made me who I am. If I forget them then I have forgotten why am fighting.

Then maybe it is similar, since in a way my life started after I was changed and what was before was not as important.

[Lyall gave a small smile.]

is there anything to see that would not be too... intrusive?

It is similar. There are pieces of my life before that I wouldn't give up. Like my sister. But I don't feel my life truly began until the Blade of Marmora.

[Ulaz glances at the options available]

You may pick any of them. That one- [He nods at the usb style device] is the most intrusive.

[Well, if that is the one, then that is what he will choose? He has manners, after all. But he does have one question.]

... What exactly is it? I've never seen anything like it before.

It is a programming device for mechanical devices. That specifically was used for programming Galra prosthetic devices such as the ones fighters received either by choice or through injury.

[Like the one Shiro had]

Fascinating.

[He really needs to nerd out about technology with you one of these days, Ulaz.

For now, though, he will simply pick up the device in his hand.]

[The room shifts to another, vaguely medical looking in nature. It looked rather ominous. Even more so when you add that odd purple lighting coming from panels in the ceiling and the large light over one of the examination tables. That and what looked like a large buzz saw and various other disconcerting items mounted to the ceiling. There was the Galra in full technician’s garb including the half mask over his face. The white mohawk and markings on his head would reveal this was Ulaz. There were two lesser ranked Galra in the room wearing helmets that mostly hid their face – foot soldiers. One stood on guard while the other near Ulaz.

Lastly, there was the person tied down to the examination table. Shiro wearing what the Galra prisoner uniform – a black full-body suit and a tattered purple shirt. It was quite clear Shiro wasn’t here by choice, all four limbs secured to the table. As the Galra nearest Ulaz started injecting something into his non-metal arm as Shiro struggled]

No, no! No. You took my hand. What more do you want?

[Ulaz glanced from Shiro towards the door before knocking away the hand of the Galra injecting something into Shiro’s arm]

Stop! I want him awake enough to feel this.

[No objection. As that Galra started for the door, Ulaz suddenly whirled, slamming the guard against the wall before charging the other and decking him, knocking them both out cold. With that he ran back over to the table where Shiro was, pulling off that half mask in the process, revealing it definitely was Ulaz. The device in question was produced from a pocket and he connected it to Shiro’s arm as he was apparently downloading something to it. It lit up with a small map as it worked]

Listen to me. We don’t have much time.

[Shiro groaned, his eyes starting to fall closed. In response, Ulaz used the back of his free hand to slap Shiro across the face]

Wake up! Zarkon has located the Blue Lion of Voltron on your planet, Earth. You must get it before he does.

[With that, he freed Shiro, releasing him from the restraints]

What are you doing?

I’ve planted a bomb to cover your escape. Get to a pod, now.

[He helped Shiro sit up]

Who are you?

I am Ulaz. Now, come on!

[They went to the door which slid open automatically. Ulaz peered into the hallway as they both stayed crouched]

Zarkon will know that I released you, so I must disappear. But if you survive, go to the coordinates in your arm. The Blade of Marmora is with you.

[Shiro glanced at his arm before back at Ulaz]

Why are you helping me?

As a fighter and a leader, you give hope. Hurry, Earth needs you.

[Ulaz got up and ran off, but not before one last thing is heard]

We all do.

[Now that scene is definitely fascinating.]

... Is that how you two met? When you saved his life?

It is not how I met him, but its how we came to be where we are. I saved him.

... He did not seem to recognize you, though.

[So you met him before that, but in a way that made it so he wouldn't know who you were... or your disguise was such in that particular memory that he did not recognize you.

And well, the drugs, probably.]

He was captured, then?

He knew of me and had seen me before, but we did not talk. I had a job to do and no reason to risk my cover until that time. It was something that I had wanted to be able to do from the beginning, but was not able to.

Yes, he was captured.

And.... experimented on?

[He did say they took his arm. And he remembers being told the prosthetic was a Galra thing, too.]

Unfortunately.

[Yes, all of that was true. The Galra took his arm and had given him the prosthetic. The arm was actually unrelated to experiments, but that was information Shiro didn't seem to have shared so he wouldn't]

Then, I am glad you got him out.

[Supernaturals and science have a .... complicated relationship, but being experimented on without consent sucks no matter your species.]

I am glad that I was able to as well. The gamble I made paid off better than I could have expected.

'cause it's better than nothing

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