[Maybe most people are used to or expect Leader Shiro first and foremost before anything else, but for Keith it's never quite been like that. Sure, Shiro has guided him, mentored him in ways that have changed him down to his core, but in the end all he really needs is for Shiro to be Shiro. That's what matters to him the most.
Keith laughs, a quiet breath of it, making a show of rolling his eyes just so, in a light way that doesn't quite dispel the tone they've kind of set for themselves with this conversation.]
Come on, since when have some plants ever slowed me down? I'll still have your back. [He'd walk through the lava barefoot for you.]