Well, Keith didn't look any different. One thing about his own hybrid situation was that he passed as completely one race. His Galra traits were invisible.

But he did do an unintentional double-take. Not because he was standing next to a blue person, but because said blue person looked... familiar...

"Keldor?"

"Well, that explains why you weren't surprised when I said my mom is purple." Which, honestly, Keith had been thankful for. For people who weren't familiar with the idea of aliens and a literal rainbow of skin colors beyond just 'shades of brown', it was always a little awkward to explain his Galra mother.

"It's not one we have on Earth," Keith explained. "Neither is blue, to be honest, but I've seen a lot of different types of people around the universe since I started traveling in space." So, different colors along with different shapes, appendages, and other things like that were quickly becoming the norm for Keith. "I have to admit, it did take some getting used to. We went from only speculating if other people existed off our planet, to finding thousands of planets with different races all over the place." Which, considering his own origins, probably sounded a bit weird, but, in all fairness, Keith didn't know his mom was an alien until he was almost 20 years old.

"Well, we don't-..." Keith stopped himself. Technically, a wormhole was kind of a portal, wasn't it? He frowned a bit, working words and ideas through his head for a moment to figure out the best way to put this. "Sorry, I, um... I'm not used to explaining it really." He gave a weak chuckle.

"But, yeah. We have ships that can travel outside the planet's atmosphere," he said. "And we use wormholes, which... Well, they could be considered a type of portal, I guess. But they essentially connect two points in space together? Through like another dimension, or something. And then that makes it quicker to get somewhere else." He huffed a little. "Pidge or Hunk could explain it better than me. They're more technical than I am with that stuff." Though, neither one was here anymore...

"But I don't know necessarily that 'space' is really a dimension so much as just, everything around us," Keith said. "Like... here, we're on a planet, right? So, you go up away from the surface a certain distance, and you reach the edge of the atmosphere, and then you cross the edge and now you're in outerspace. And it's this big void that's got various planets and stars in it all around us.

"So, these ships we use, they can go past the atmosphere and we use them to travel through that void from one planet to another."

He really hoped that made sense. It sounded like such a bad explanation as he replayed it in his own head. Words were hard...

Keith nodded. It sounded like Keldor got it, and that was promising, since it meant Keith didn't have to try explaining that again in another way.

"Pretty much, yeah," he said. "We don't always use the wormholes. They're mostly for the really long distances. The ships can travel pretty far on their own before using one is a better idea."

Keith nodded. Heck, even back home, there were people who were still fascinated and impressed by that technology. He smiled a bit and then glanced back towards the spaceport.

"Well, we could see if they'll let us use one," Keith said. "I'm a pilot back home. I might be able to talk one of them into lending us a ship for a short run."

Keith nodded, watching Keldor for a moment as the other seemed to process that idea.

"Well, they're probably not the ones I've used back home," Keith said. "But the basic tenets of piloting a craft are pretty much universal. I've used a few different kinds back home. I'm pretty sure I can figure out the ones here easily enough." Though his words were kind of humble in a way, he sounded extremely confident.

That got a grin out of Keith. Clearly, this was someone who really enjoyed flying. He nodded.

"Alright... let's go ask."

And he'd head in that direction if Keldor were to join him.

And it definitely took some effort. The front desk attendant was less than thrilled, as it seemed almost everyone wanted to fly one of the shuttles suddenly. Who were you people? Why did you think it would be okay to ask about this? And Keith, despite best efforts, did get a little salty at some point, his temper wearing a slightly thin as he tried to ask for a favor, and that he was a pilot back home, and he was a fighter pilot, to boot, for spaceships... and there was a lot of back and forth, leaving Keith pinching the bridge of his nose in frustration, his other arm crossed over his chest.

"Can we just... just one flight... I won't even leave the atmosphere." He didn't think it was that big of an ask. Heck, he flew on Pokémon around the place here all the time.

"Look... just... a short flight. Celadon and back." Yeah... he wanted to go the Moon. Of course, he wanted to go to the Moon. He wanted to show Keldor the view from space. But, he was going to have to settle for high altitude atmospheric flight if they let him.

After a few more questions, and talking to another person of a higher rank that had come over to ask what the heck was going on, and Keith sounding reasonably experienced enough, they finally agreed... one flight... straight to Celadon and back again. After all, Celadon was the other big space port in Kanto, right? Sure!

Keith was so relieved. He thanked the ranked officer and gave Keldor a quick grin over his shoulder.

"Let's go."

Keith had relaxed quite a bit as well. Flying was something he truly loved, and it always seemed to even him out during rough days. Sure, it wasn't space, but he liked going fast and being up high, and just a roundtrip to Celadon and back was enough to satisfy that itch for a while.

And he certainly did take them up high. They didn't go to the Moon, but they were high enough that there was a bit of loss in gravity and they could see the stars above and the curve of the planet.

"I didn't realize how much I missed being up here..." Keith's voice was quiet as he said it. He'd been in this place a couple of years now, and hadn't been to space since arriving.

He took a deep breath, staring up at the stars for a moment.

"Man..."