[He lets Cisco pull away once he's ready, though Taako doesn't quite relax just yet, because there's a part two to his plan to be an actual decent friend, he just needs to wait a bit, wanting to let Cisco talk, first.

The fact Cisco is building a cage really doesn't come as a surprise, it's the sort of thing he'd do, if he was worried about Eobard turning up, even if things would likely be different here, without the whole Barry mess. Eobard is still an asshole and he remembers what Cisco said, about making magic hurt.]

Not being a paranoid fuck kinda makes things different.

[There's nothing mean in the words, it's just Taako being Taako, and it's coming from someone who also has a fuckload of trust issues, so he gets it, really.]

We can talk strategy in a sec if you wanna, but first you gotta tell me where your hairbrush is.