["scouting ahead", to shiro, means "more susceptible to getting into trouble". alone, they're easily overpowered—and it's together that they're at their strongest. so when allura decides to trudge on while the others take a break, the leader excuses himself under the guise of setting up a stickler perimeter.]
Princess?
[it doesn't take him long to track her down from the footprints in soft dirt in the direction she'd been heading in. cautious as shiro is, spotting the creek has him reaching up to cover his eyes—just in case. they haven't been worrying so much about their hygiene on this warm, warm planet, as their first task is actually locating the foreign village they're supposed to commune with, so, naturally, there's that niggling worry that the princess may have "scouted ahead" to bathe.
I HAD A FEELING
Princess?
[it doesn't take him long to track her down from the footprints in soft dirt in the direction she'd been heading in. cautious as shiro is, spotting the creek has him reaching up to cover his eyes—just in case. they haven't been worrying so much about their hygiene on this warm, warm planet, as their first task is actually locating the foreign village they're supposed to commune with, so, naturally, there's that niggling worry that the princess may have "scouted ahead" to bathe.
looking down at his feet, then, calling again.]
Allura, you over here?