[He lightly touches her hand and sits back, looking as exhausted as he feels.] I'll be fine in time.

[He'd have thought Haggar's words and the whispers would haunt him. Strangely they don't. No, the wounds inflicted were by using those he trusts and believes in most. He can't let himself think about that too hard. Not yet. A little longer, he promises himself. He raises his head and squares his shoulders, pushing it all down for now.

Right now, he's co-leader of Voltron. His voice comes out quiet but there's strength returning to it with every word.]

...that creature has to be stopped. It's too dangerous and if anyone of this reality is looking for this ship they won't be prepared to take this beast on.

And we don't know how it spreads. It has to be contained here. [He reaches out to lightly touch her arm.] And we need to find out what happened to the others. We'll come up with a plan, put together supplies, and head back down.

This is the best way to do it if we're to find out what happened. A team must occupy the creature. Or it will repeat what it did to us.