[ Cisco wonders; hidden things, he can see. Things that have already happened, things that have happened and then been erased. Could he someday see the future, too? He doesn't have a clue. Maybe Taako is onto something - maybe the not knowing really is worse than knowing would be.
The comment about messing with timelines surprises a little snort of laughter from Cisco. ]
Naw, leave that up to the speedsters.
[ Which is a joke that he would have gone on to explain, except then Taako is telling him that he can shape dreams, and Cisco goes still. It doesn't sound like a lot of the other magic Taako's told him about - most of that had to do with changing matter itself, one way or another. ]
Shape, like... how? [ There is some potential, there. If nothing else, if Taako can do all that, he could probably help the process along, getting Cisco into a lucid dream in the first place. The trouble is, every time he's vibed while he was asleep, it's always been the same. Always been Dr. Wells, in the basement, with the murder. ]
When you... do that, do you see what's in the dream?
[ He'll have to think about it - about that whole trust thing, and about whether it's a good idea to mix Taako's magic and his power in an unprecedented way. Maybe it would end up scrambling his brain. Maybe he'd get caught in some kind of horrible loop and never wake up. Or maybe none of that would happen. But if the process involves Taako seeing what he sees, well. That's a whole other thing to consider. The last time he'd tried the lucid dreaming thing there'd been a whole lot of screaming and begging for help and not a lot of dignity. He isn't really sure he wants Taako seeing him like that, even if there are no side effects. ]
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The comment about messing with timelines surprises a little snort of laughter from Cisco. ]
Naw, leave that up to the speedsters.
[ Which is a joke that he would have gone on to explain, except then Taako is telling him that he can shape dreams, and Cisco goes still. It doesn't sound like a lot of the other magic Taako's told him about - most of that had to do with changing matter itself, one way or another. ]
Shape, like... how? [ There is some potential, there. If nothing else, if Taako can do all that, he could probably help the process along, getting Cisco into a lucid dream in the first place. The trouble is, every time he's vibed while he was asleep, it's always been the same. Always been Dr. Wells, in the basement, with the murder. ]
When you... do that, do you see what's in the dream?
[ He'll have to think about it - about that whole trust thing, and about whether it's a good idea to mix Taako's magic and his power in an unprecedented way. Maybe it would end up scrambling his brain. Maybe he'd get caught in some kind of horrible loop and never wake up. Or maybe none of that would happen. But if the process involves Taako seeing what he sees, well. That's a whole other thing to consider. The last time he'd tried the lucid dreaming thing there'd been a whole lot of screaming and begging for help and not a lot of dignity. He isn't really sure he wants Taako seeing him like that, even if there are no side effects. ]