[The elation on Shiro's face flickers and fades. How long - too long, in his opinion. But thinking back, it wasn't as long as others. He chews his lip, shrugging slightly.]

You weren't just out, Lance.

You were gone. Completely. [It's as gentle as he can make it. There's just no easy way to say those words.] We looked but -

Anyway. Little more than a month. I think. July got really hazy in the end.