[He struggles with words and she waits for him to say it, and blinks when he says what he does. Allura lets him go, still a little stunned, but... he needs to know the full context. Or, as much as her throat will allow.

She'll have to work on sharing things with those she trusts and cares about.]

I know you're right, and ever since Mu... [Since that shade took her father's appearance, and seeing how much he struggled to explain things but did because she needed to know what was going on.] Too much has been left unsaid, and you deserve to hear it and know why.

[Deep breath, Allura. You can do this.]

On the way to Earth, we get stranded in space. We all start to lose it despite maintaining a routine, and I... said terrible things regarding your choice to leave. I didn't consider why that may have been, only that you had. Because I didn't trust you as I should have and feared you would leave us again.

[Aaand there it is; what she'd been tried for over the span of those three days and kept to herself since she threw those two into the ocean. Her failure to trust others. She'd lost so much and been betrayed so deeply, stuck in her own head, she never realized he'd been drowning too. And now, hearing both from him and Ann parts of what has happened? She can't be that selfish anymore.]

A creature was hunting us and space messed with our heads, but that is no excuse. I was wrong to have doubted you, especially when I couldn't even trust myself.

[Not after Lotor. She holds out her hand. A faint, hopeful smile forms across her lips.]

I know I have not been at my best, especially after Lotor, but... I promise to work on that. [On listening. On not withholding things from him, Lance, Pidge and Shiro should he return. To trust them like they deserve.] As a friend, and as family.

[If he accepts the gesture, she'll add:] Let us get cleaned up.