[ the quick, urgent affirmation brings about a fucked up sense of relief that keith definitely shouldn't be feeling when gloucester is on literal fire and the atmosphere is supersaturated by bone chilling screams.
when sendak's drones had set the arusian village ablaze, there'd been panicking there. lots of screaming too, but this is different. who knew there were different aural qualities to screaming when it's not just brought on by terror, but the agony of being burnt alive? it makes some sickening sense if keith thinks about it, but it's not a conclusion he wanted to reach nor is this any kind of screaming that he wanted to hear. there's only so much plastering a pretty phrase like died a real hero can do to stave off a more nauseating picture of the way your dad actually died.
but one way or another, it doesn't matter. unlike the indifferent guards, this guy sees what keith is seeing, hearing and smelling and that's more than enough reason not to question what's happening anymore. as tim takes off, so does keith towards the city at large, which is now cast in a smoldering orange, red light from the fire. the air gets hotter around them as they sprint on the walkway leading into town. ]
The hell do you think is going on?
[ he shouts over as they run. once again, keith scans the sky looking for some tell tale sign of a galra cruiser that just isn't there. ]
Have you ever seen anything that can set an entire city on fire?
cw: mention of burning to death
when sendak's drones had set the arusian village ablaze, there'd been panicking there. lots of screaming too, but this is different. who knew there were different aural qualities to screaming when it's not just brought on by terror, but the agony of being burnt alive? it makes some sickening sense if keith thinks about it, but it's not a conclusion he wanted to reach nor is this any kind of screaming that he wanted to hear. there's only so much plastering a pretty phrase like died a real hero can do to stave off a more nauseating picture of the way your dad actually died.
but one way or another, it doesn't matter. unlike the indifferent guards, this guy sees what keith is seeing, hearing and smelling and that's more than enough reason not to question what's happening anymore. as tim takes off, so does keith towards the city at large, which is now cast in a smoldering orange, red light from the fire. the air gets hotter around them as they sprint on the walkway leading into town. ]
The hell do you think is going on?
[ he shouts over as they run. once again, keith scans the sky looking for some tell tale sign of a galra cruiser that just isn't there. ]
Have you ever seen anything that can set an entire city on fire?