[ The moment Taako calls him out on lying, the forced smile drops from Cisco's face. He breaks eye contact, mouth scrunching to the side in a momentary grimace. He might be a terrible liar, but it's usually worked before. People were either too polite or too distracted to actually call his very bad bluff.

And the fact that Taako's so cool about it, saying he doesn't owe him an answer but just wanting to know he's okay... that makes Cisco feel really guilty. Taako's been so friendly to him ever since he showed up - giving him awesome presents, trusting Cisco to see his spell-book, telling him about his adventures, even summoning this awesome unicorn for them. And Cisco... hasn't really trusted him with shit. ]

I'm not dying.

[ He could just leave it there, and he knows it. Cisco chews at a thumbnail nervously; he remembers their conversation where Taako was totally baffled by the idea of metas who would be ashamed and keep their powers hidden. Magic is normal, where he's from. He'd told Eddie, and the world hadn't collapsed. For all he knows, Taako thinks this is something way worse than it actually is. Cisco draws in a long, slightly shaky breath. ]

I, uh. I get... visions, sometimes.

[ It just sounds so anticlimactic, once he actually says it, and yet at the same time so unbearably big. Swallowing, Cisco goes on: ]

I saw you, and Garyl, and a really big muscley dude in leather armor, and a dwarf with a ponytail, and you were riding through some woods past this gnarly looking house. And the big guy was, like, waving? I don't know, I was trying pretty hard to snap out of it. Not that that ever works.