[Comparing Taako to a cat wouldn't be an inaccurate statement, especially when it comes to accepting affection; he varies wildly between expertly dodging out of the way, or happily draping himself on someone with no concern for their feelings on the topic. But Cisco is firmly in the friend camp, and that means Taako looks down at the hand on his knee and doesn't do anything about it aside from smiling to himself.
But he doesn't think he's really got all that much self-restraint. Every time he looks at Magnus he thinks about just... giving him the ichor, either tricking him into it or lying or just cutting out the fucking middle man and doing what Barry did, with Davenport. It wouldn't be hard to compel Magnus to drink it.]
It's gotta be his choice, you know? As much as it can be.
[It's going to be hard to get the explanation across, but Taako wants to try. They're just... working up to it.
Maybe that makes him a good friend, maybe it doesn't. But he gets that Cisco isn't just talking about the situation with Magnus.]
I uh, I wasn't always. It's a work in progress.
[He's glad that he was given the ichor so early into his stay here. By the time people got to know him, he'd remembered Lup. He'd remembered how to be kind.]
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But he doesn't think he's really got all that much self-restraint. Every time he looks at Magnus he thinks about just... giving him the ichor, either tricking him into it or lying or just cutting out the fucking middle man and doing what Barry did, with Davenport. It wouldn't be hard to compel Magnus to drink it.]
It's gotta be his choice, you know? As much as it can be.
[It's going to be hard to get the explanation across, but Taako wants to try. They're just... working up to it.
Maybe that makes him a good friend, maybe it doesn't. But he gets that Cisco isn't just talking about the situation with Magnus.]
I uh, I wasn't always. It's a work in progress.
[He's glad that he was given the ichor so early into his stay here. By the time people got to know him, he'd remembered Lup. He'd remembered how to be kind.]