You know...a while back I'd have given your world crap for something like that but...

Turns out? We're all pretty fucked up, aren't we...

[The hand on his shoulder is a welcome one and he reaches up with his own hand and reaches across his chest to put it atop Archie's.]

I know I'm not alone. I know I haven't been for a long time. I just...wanted to put my best foot forward here. Instead...I just gave the world another reason to hate us more. Put the spotlight on the team because its new leader can turn into an earth cracking monster. I'm not gonna run but I have to take responsibility. Not just out of respect for the team but...because the world deserves to know who is trying to protect them.

The worst part? I don't...I don't think that transformation was Diomuhr. I think that was all me. And not only that but...

[Darin brushes his long bangs away from one of his ears to show that, while not as elongated as Allura's are...his own ears have grown to a slight point.]

...I'm changing, Arch. I'm changing and I don't know into what and it's scaring the hell out of me...

[His voice catches a bit, betraying how uncertain he really is.]