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"Earth Stuff"
"Hey, Mom. The Paladins and I are making a pit stop at Earth. Is there anything you want?"
Krolia's eyes lit up. "Can you get some sodas? I miss the caffeine."
"Sure. Which one?"
"At this point any will do. It's been so long."
"What's been so long?" Thace walked in with Regris trailing behind him. "Hey, kit."
"Hi, Thace. Hi, Regris," Keith greeted.
Regris's tail thumped the floor in excitement at seeing his pack brother. "Hi, Keith!"
"Keith's stopping at Earth and picking up supplies," Krolia answered. "Is there anything you want?"
"Mom, they haven't been to Earth. They don't know what's there."
Krolia looked partially scandalized and looked back at her son. "Kit, get a large selection of stuff. It's time we educated our pack."
Keith saluted his mom and terminated the link.
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A few quintants later, Keith walked into his pack's room with several bags full of stuff from Earth. Krolia got up and helped her son get the stuff into the room. She peered into a couple of the bags, and her eyes widened.
"How did you get alcohol, kit? Did they lower the age limit?" Krolia asked, astonished.
Keith blushed a little. "No. It's still 21. Shiro bought it for us. Mostly you guys. My entire team bought food for you to try."
Keith pulled out several bags full of different types of Earth food. There were several different brands and flavors of chips (Lance's suggestion), different candy bars (Hunk's contribution), and several bags of jerky (Pidge's request). Regris picked up a candy bar in a blue wrapper. "What's this?"
"It's chocolate. It's good. Try it."
Regris eyed the candy bar dubiously but did as Keith suggested. His eyes widened in surprise, and he had to fight to keep the purr out of his voice as he said, "This IS good!"
Krolia grabbed a glass and poured herself a generous portion of the soda she asked for. She took a drink and sighed. "That's just as good as I remembered it." She started unpacking all of the bags Keith had brought. The items brought back fond memories of Keith's dad, which put a smile on her face. She grabbed a bag of spicy barbecue chips and faced her son. "These were one of your dad's favorites."
Keith blushed lightly. "I remember. That's why I got that specific flavor. The other flavors of chips were what Lance chose."
"Lance is the one who used to pilot the Blue Lion but now flies the Red Lion, right?" Krolia asked.
"That's right. Here, everyone should try this stuff," Keith insisted, passing out treats to everyone. Since it was Keith who suggested it, the Blades couldn't deny their kit and tried everything he gave them.
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Keith grinned like a maniac as he sent the encrypted video to Shiro's tablet. Shiro insisted on seeing a video of the Blades drunk as payment for buying the alcohol even though Keith warned him it may not happen. Keith was pleasantly surprised and armed with his tablet when it did. He was under no delusions that he wasn't in for a rough day tomorrow or whenever the Blades felt better (he had no idea if they would suffer from hangovers). Being their kit didn't save him from punishment for 'stupid choices,' and Keith was sure getting the four highest ranking Galra in the organization and two other members of their pack drunk was considered a 'stupid choice' by others (not by him [he found it hilarious]). Either way, it was worth it.
Fin