[ There are a million questions Sam could ask about these aliens, about Shiro's world in particular, but he's already asked a lot for one night.

So he nods thoughtfully, watching Shiro stir the coals around until the embers catch new pieces of wood on fire. This is as close to a relaxing atmosphere as he's found since arriving, and even talk of advanced alien technology and wars that span a while galaxy seem far away compared to memories of long nights spent out in the woods. Always while in the middle of a hunt though, camping for the sake of recreation was almost unheard of for them.

A thought has occurred to him about Shiro's new and apparently still somewhat unknown transformation though. ]

You know, you said that you can't use any of the abilities of the real Lion, but maybe that's because you need a 'pilot'?

[ He's not sure how that would work, but if he can talk to people telepathically, maybe he can do the mental link thing too. ]