Taako doesn't address the gas mask or the spores or anything, because the question drags him back to the moment of that explanation, and the scenes that followed.
You fucking took everything from me.]
Lucretia.
[It's an easy answer, but one said quietly. There's no funny or exciting story here, no bond that drew them back together; they reunited because Lucretia wanted them to, because even after she ruined his life, she still wanted to control it. Maybe he should be more generous; it's not like he was in a good place before she found him, and reclaiming the relics led to him remembering Lup but...
It's hard not to be bitter, sometimes, especially when all he can think about is her explanation that came only seconds before he leveled the umbra staff at her, ready to do... gods knows what. He's not sure what he was ready to do.]
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Taako doesn't address the gas mask or the spores or anything, because the question drags him back to the moment of that explanation, and the scenes that followed.
You fucking took everything from me.]
Lucretia.
[It's an easy answer, but one said quietly. There's no funny or exciting story here, no bond that drew them back together; they reunited because Lucretia wanted them to, because even after she ruined his life, she still wanted to control it. Maybe he should be more generous; it's not like he was in a good place before she found him, and reclaiming the relics led to him remembering Lup but...
It's hard not to be bitter, sometimes, especially when all he can think about is her explanation that came only seconds before he leveled the umbra staff at her, ready to do... gods knows what. He's not sure what he was ready to do.]