[About halfway through that outpouring of a) genuine compliments and b) emotions, Taako gets that slightly uncomfortable feeling where he kind of wants to just immediately bail instead of trying to have any kind of reaction to someone else's vulnerability. Which would be a dick move, especially when Cisco is in as rough shape as he is now, so Taako stamps down on the temptation in order to get through it.

It's not that he minds, really, and it's not entirely out of left field for Cisco to say stuff like this, it's just that despite remembering Lup, there's still a part of him that wants to immediately shut down as soon as feelings happen, to avoid any kind of discomfort. Little bits of it are fine, or things that don't involve him quite so much, like letting Jon cry on him. But this is Cisco saying he's glad that Taako has been there for him and talking about choosing to be good and it's just a lot.

So when Cisco offers up that little bit of a joke, Taako happily latches onto it.]

Oh, thank god, I thought it was never gonna end.

[And he does make it sound like a joke, even if also gives Cisco's shoulder a brief squeeze, a silent I heard you. It's probably not enough, he feels guilty for not being able to find some kind of words to say in response, but it's all he's got right now.]

And I can be done whenever, I'm just kinda messing around back here.