"Maybe you're right.." Shiro said, closing his eyes slowly. Something Allura had used on him seemed to be making him drowsy and it was hard to keep his eyes open anymore. "Maybe Zarkon can't get to him.. maybe he'll be safe..." he drifted slowly into a dark slumber filled with both nightmarish creatures and the calm, tranquil feeling of sitting out on the beach with Keith. Shiro hadn't thought about the fact that there was a lot of land to cover and that perhaps Zarkon could never reach Keith even if he tried. He just couldn't bring himself to risk it - he had already lost someone so dear to him, that he didn't want to lose anyone else again.

Allura looked to Shiro, with a furrowed brow as he drifted away into sleep. She looked to Matt and hesitated, before she swam closer to him. "Your friend... I'm worried that my magic isn't strong enough for him down here." She said, wringing a bag of ingredients in her hands. "I gave him some ointment that should have sent him to sleep straight away, but he was still able to talk to you for a good few minutes. I know he's rather big, which is why I gave him a lot, but it still took a long time. I'm worried that being so close to Zarkon and so far from the sun is weakening me." she explained with a worried expression. She had been listening to Matt and Shiro speak though. She had tried hard not to say anything because she was familiar with the humans and she had communicated with them a great deal. In fact she liked to think that she might consider some of them her friends. She had learnt a lot about them and had used the things she had found on land to help her before. She bit her lip.

"Do forgive me but, did I hear you correctly? That Shiro has a friend on the surface?" she asked Matt, keeping her voice low deliberately.