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"Jokes On You"
It had been a very busy day between training with the Blades, fighting the Galra, liberating a planet from their tyrannical rule, and making an appearance at a celebration in Voltron's honor. The Paladins were exhausted and barely had enough energy to eat their food goo. The praises from the Blades and Alteans were met with blank stares and unenthusiastic nods. Once or twice, one of the Paladins had to stop their head from dropping into their bowl.
Allura was about to order her Paladins to bed, when Lance lifted his head and asked the room at large, "What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire?"
There was a moment of silence, where Allura was contemplating the sanity of her Blue Paladin, before Hunk shook his head. That prompted Lance to say, "Frostbite!"
Another tick of silence passed before Pidge snickered, which set off a round of chuckles from the rest of the Paladins. Shiro wiped small tears from his eyes. "Thank you, Lance. I think we needed that after today."
"Well, I've got another one if you guys want." Not waiting for a reply, Lance questioned, "Which side of a duck has the most feathers?...The outside!"
Keith groaned. "That was a little lame, Sharpshooter."
"Oh, yeah? You think you can come up with a better one?"
"Was that a challenge?"
"If that's what it takes to get your mullet moving!"
Keith thought for a second before asking, "What do scientists use to freshen their breath?...Experi-mints."
Hunk actually laughed at that one. "I have never heard that one before! I do have one though! What has hundreds of ears but can't hear a thing?...A cornfield!"
The Paladins started laughing, confusing the Blades and Alteans. Weren't they just about to fall asleep in their dinner? Where did they get this energy from?
"Oh! Oh, I've got one!" Pidge exclaimed. "What do you call a sad coffee?...Despresso!"
"What did the ocean say to the sailboat?... Nothing! It just waved!"
"What lies at the bottom of the ocean and twitches?...A nervous wreck!"
"What do you call a pile of kittens?...A meowtain!"
All five of the Paladins were laughing so hard there were tears in their eyes. Lance and Hunk were even clutching their sides!
"Stop!" Keith gasped. "I need a drink. I'm thirsty."
Shiro couldn't stop himself from saying, "Hi, Thirsty. I'm Space Dad."
Unfortunately, the Dad joke came just as Keith was just taking a drink. The drink came out of his mouth at an impressive speed, and also unfortunately, Lance was sitting across from Keith instead of next to him like he usually did. Keith started coughing hard. Hunk pounded on his back, trying to help.
"Jeez, Shiro. Why did you have to pull out a Dad Joke right when Keith took a drink?" Lance groused, using a napkin to try and dry himself off.
"What's a Dad Joke?" asked Ulaz.
"Well, you see-"
"No...you are...not...telling them," Keith rasped between coughs. "I wouldn't be able to get them to stop!"
Fin