Voltron: Legendary Defender

I loved the smell of the mountain juniberries in the early morning breeze.

As did I, Allura.

Remember the summer berry festival?

People would come from all over Altea for the harvest.

I remember how the berry juice stained your favorite dress.

You were so upset.

It took forever for Mother to calm me.

I miss Altea so much. I miss you, Father.

-I wish it didn't have to be this way. -I know, Allura,

but, as leaders, we have to do what's right for our people,

even if it means great sacrifice.

I know, Father. That's what you always say.

Princess, there you are. What are you doing up and about?

You should be resting.

Oh, Coran, can't I stay?

The Balmera rejuvenation ceremony took a lot out of you.

Come along, to your room.

Get your rest, darling. I will be here for you when you're well.

I love you, Father. I'll see you soon.

Pidge, please come down to the detainment room.

Okay, guys, Sendak's almost all hooked up.

But, look, I have to warn you,

this technology was used to keep Altean memories alive,

not to interrogate prisoners.

Coran, we understand this isn't what the technology was meant for,

but if we can extract Sendak's memories,

we may gain valuable intelligence on Zarkon's troop locations.

Yeah, and then we can just be like, "Knock-knock." "Who's there?"

"The avenging fury of Voltron, son!"

Fascinating. So, how exactly does this work?

As the memories are extracted,

they're written bit by bit on individual molecules of the micro-storage strands.

When I go, I want all the stuff in my brain stored in a giant ship.

The amount of information in your brain could be stored in a paper airplane.

Oh, yeah? Well, the amount of information you have, Keith, could be...

Yeah?

-Uh... it's less than what I have! -Oh, good one, Lance!

This is how you incorporated King Alfor's memories into the Castle of Lions?

Precisely, but it's never been attempted before on an unwilling participant.

Uh, is this what's supposed to be happening?

Let's give it some time.

Well, I can't wait around anymore. I'm going to hit the training deck.

Okay, if anyone needs me, I'll be in the lab.

Maybe I can pull some information from Sendak's Galra crystal.

Time to feed the beast. I'm going to go make some breakfast.

Well, I'm afraid I can't wait here any longer, either.

I have a million duties to attend to. Between that Galra crystal

infecting our system, and then fighting off those ships

and performing the Balmeran rejuvenation ceremony,

the old Castle of Lions has taken quite a beating.

Every system needs to be recharged and repaired.

I'll stay. Somewhere in Sendak's mind is the information about Zarkon that we need.

Okay, well, while you guys do that, I think I'm gonna get my chill on.

Maybe kick back with a lemonade or space juice. Something.

Hold on there, space juice. You're going to come and help me.

What? Why? Why me?

Because you're the last one here

and because your activity isn't very important.

Wait, did I say "chill with a good lemonade"?

-I meant I gotta do homework. -No. Too late.

Fine.

Let us know if anything happens.

Shiro?

You got it.

Maybe today, we try a little crème goo-lée.

Hmm?

My eye!

What is going on in here?

The goo has me pinned down!

Okay, we're going to have to flank the goo to shut it down.

Okay, wait. Wait!

It's been a pleasure cooking with you.

Go!

Probably a malfunction?

Yeah, yeah. Guess the kitchen system needs to be rebooted, too.

Leave it for Coran?

Since when did "you sleep in it, you clean it" become a Voltron rule?

Also, how is it these pods

have the ability to heal a human from near death,

but don't have the ability to clean themselves?

Self-cleaning pods. Now, that's a good one!

This kind of reminds me of my time as a young cadet.

I had just enlisted in the Altean space squad

aeronautics sub-tech nano-weaponry unit,

and I was sent off to boot camp.

Our sergeant had us cleaning cryo-pods day and night.

I got so good at it, I earned my first set of stripes!

Coran! Hey!

- Oh, those were the days. - Hey!

Anyway, you keep up the good work

and maybe someday you'll earn some cleaning stripes, too.

Lance? Lance!

Ah, paladins...

Start training level three.

End training sequence.

End training sequence!

End training sequence now!

I know you're in there, Sendak. I know you have all the answers.

Give them to me.

You're a broken soldier! You can't hold out forever!

So, you can hear me.

This pod just shut on me and locked me in,

while you were rambling on about boot camp!

You sure you didn't just trip and fall in? No judgment. It happens.

Besides, why would the pod automatically lock and start

the cryogenic freezing process?

To kill me!

Don't get your boots in a bunch. My guess is they're malfunctioning.

Okay, I'm gonna float this out there. I think this castle is haunted.

The ship might seem like a fantastical, magical creature to you,

but it's really just a big embodiment of advanced supernatural technology

that cannot be explained by science alone.

Well, that does make it seem a bit haunted, doesn't it?

But it's not. Trust me, nothing out of the ordinary is happening here.

I'm okay. I'm okay, I'm okay, I'm okay.

Allura?

Allura?

Allura, dear daughter...

Father, what are you doing here?

Huh?

Okay, okay.

Coran, is that you?

Okay, stop messing with me, guys. This isn't funny.

Help! Help!

Hello? Coran?

Help! Somebody!

I'm trapped in the airlock.

I'm coming!

Huh?

Okay, ha-ha. Good joke. You guys got me. Nice.

Airlock opening in 30 ticks.

Okay, joke's over! You got me!

-...29, 28, 27... -Guys? Guys! Help!

What was the first rank you held in Zarkon's army?

Where did you find the Red Lion?

What is Zarkon's greatest weakness?

What makes you think you can possibly defeat him?

If you were to attack Zarkon, where would you strike?

Why strike at all when you can join him?

I bet if we can modulate the dynamics of this crystal,

we'll be able to reverse engineer a lot of Galra tech.