[The eye contact stays for a few seconds. Enough to be reassuring that he does mean what he said, but there isn't a smile that goes with it. He walks at a moderate pace because he's not trying to lose Lance, but they're definitely not taking a leisurely stroll around Hadriel either.

For a moment, his teeth clenched as if to physically stop himself from speaking. No. No, you don't understand. He thought he was never going to see you again. At all. Because Lance is part of a universe that they don't truly share anymore, and no amount of missing him and the other paladins despite the bitterness of their last argument, could ever make Keith wish being stuck in some godforsaken universe that isn't their home. They don't belong here. Moreover, they all have such important things to accomplish, a universe -- or rather, all universes to protect.

His isolation is irrelevant in the greater scheme of things, and now that Lance is here the best thing he can do for the guy is to do everything in his power to get the door to send him back.

Plain and simple. That's how it is now. How it has to be.

He breathes out,trying to lose the tension in his arms and shoulders. ]

Yeah. Hadriel's not a great place to be. The door you came through keeps bringing in monsters from other worlds. Then there are the predators native to this planet hanging out past the city walls.

[Sounding familiar in how wonderfully safe and warm you aren't, Lance?]

You shouldn't go anywhere without your bayard.