[She's not all that good at reading into tone, but she can't help but notice the careful way Shiro walks around agreeing that she'll succeed. And why not, she doesn't exactly have a stellar track record for throwing into situations and coming out successful in the end. On the Galra cruiser, it was Shiro who had to come and fix her mistakes. Even in the fight with Zarkon, they walked away from it one man down.

She was nothing like her father.

But he's moving on and she stamps back the self-effacing feelings, blinking a few times to focus on his words. There's a small laugh on her side, mostly humorless but some of the tension bleeds out of her voice nevertheless.]

I will do my best but I'm not sure that Keith wants me to watch over him. We don't often see eye to eye. I'm afraid he might blame me for... [Your death.] Bringing all of you into this.