[It isn't really fine, but not in a way that Cisco can really do anything about, it's just that now the comparison has been drawn it's hard from Taako to stop some traitorous part of his mind from wondering if it's true. Lucretia was frustrated with him, when he wouldn't consider her view point, and then she was so distant in the months leading up to her betrayal. Maybe she took away Lup as a way to hurt him.
But that's a really awful way to think, about someone he loves, and he's glad that there's a little stretch of silence where he can shove those thoughts away.]
And like, I get it. I-- [He wants to explain, that he understands that feeling, drawing comparisons between Sazed and everyone he meets. As soon as someone looks at him like he's infallible, like he's perfect, it makes his skin crawl. He wants to be admired, sure, but he wants the people close to him to be able to see through all that shit. Because then they won't be disappointed in him, and that disappointment won't turn bitter, the way it must have with Sazed.
But he can't talk about, so instead he just repeats, more quietly:] I get it.
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[It isn't really fine, but not in a way that Cisco can really do anything about, it's just that now the comparison has been drawn it's hard from Taako to stop some traitorous part of his mind from wondering if it's true. Lucretia was frustrated with him, when he wouldn't consider her view point, and then she was so distant in the months leading up to her betrayal. Maybe she took away Lup as a way to hurt him.
But that's a really awful way to think, about someone he loves, and he's glad that there's a little stretch of silence where he can shove those thoughts away.]
And like, I get it. I-- [He wants to explain, that he understands that feeling, drawing comparisons between Sazed and everyone he meets. As soon as someone looks at him like he's infallible, like he's perfect, it makes his skin crawl. He wants to be admired, sure, but he wants the people close to him to be able to see through all that shit. Because then they won't be disappointed in him, and that disappointment won't turn bitter, the way it must have with Sazed.
But he can't talk about, so instead he just repeats, more quietly:] I get it.