[ The offer itself means a hell of a lot to Sam, even if he's reluctant to take Shiro up on it. Sam's got little desire to talk to Parker at all, and Bucky - well, Bucky's complicated. And sure, Shiro knows Pidge better than Sam does, but it still feels like asking someone else to deal with his problems for him. When it comes to in general, though... ]

Yeah, I think we should. I've been thinking - well, I'll talk to you about it later, after mission stuff.

[ The frustration and hurt that Sam'd felt when he found out that Shiro'd signed up to participate in an arena that he knew nothing about, when he knew he was gonna insist on going along on any kind of heist they might plan - it's faded. Even if it hadn't, well. There's no denying the way Sam melts a little when Shiro says he's important to him.

It still makes the mission more complicated, but Shiro knows that already. There's no need to remind him. ]

There's nothing to fix with you and me, sweetheart, cause nothing was ever broken. We're both gonna mess up sometimes, but an apology goes a hell of a long way. If you say you're gonna try, I believe you. [ Because Shiro is important to Sam, too, but Shiro already knows that. As for the mission... ]

I already asked Katie if she'd hack into the chips if I got her access to them, to spoof their tracking signal so they can't figure out your location.