What is going on with Hot Shot falls on dead audios as the experience of getting shot at calls to remembrance the last time he was shot at waaay back on the Rebel flagship. He was not used to getting shot at, and if not for Kia gently--

Random comes to the present with a start. Kia! The panic starts setting in again.

"H-Hot--H-Hot Shot. H-How do--W-What i-if--Kia?" Random stumbles, stutters, and chokes on his words. Basically: It's been too long since he has had Kia in sight, and he needs to know that she's okay now.