[ The confirmation that what he'd seen must be a moment from Taako's future hardly even registers. In different circumstances, that would be a big fucking deal. But right now, it's an afterthought, compared with the revelation that Taako's sister is dead, and has been for a decade. It doesn't take a genius to guess how much that must have messed Taako up - they had been twins - and it retroactively puts a very different spin on those earlier conversations where Taako talked about how they celebrated their birthday together, or didn't, etcetera.
He hesitates, chewing at his lower lip in silence. Cisco feels like he is intruding on Taako's grief, like asking the questions bouncing around in his head would be taking advantage of Taako's emotional upheaval in a way that he really shouldn't. His own curiosity isn't what is important now. What's important is making sure Taako is going to be okay. Or... as okay as he can be, considering his sister is dead, was missing for 10 years, and he's only now learning that maybe that isn't the whole story. Grief like that is powerful, and not to be trifled with. ]
Like I said, I couldn't see her. But... she seemed pretty not-gone to me.
[ Cisco doesn't know if saying it will be a comfort to Taako, or if he's twisting the knife. He really really hopes it is the former. If only he knew more about liches, or ghosts in general, or he could just bring Taako along with him into the vision. He can't help but feel like this is a game of telephone, but one where he's trying to convey sensitive and complicated information of extraordinary emotional weight between two people who ought to just be able to communicate with one another directly. It's a very weird position to be in. ]
She seemed like she was trying really really hard to help you.
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He hesitates, chewing at his lower lip in silence. Cisco feels like he is intruding on Taako's grief, like asking the questions bouncing around in his head would be taking advantage of Taako's emotional upheaval in a way that he really shouldn't. His own curiosity isn't what is important now. What's important is making sure Taako is going to be okay. Or... as okay as he can be, considering his sister is dead, was missing for 10 years, and he's only now learning that maybe that isn't the whole story. Grief like that is powerful, and not to be trifled with. ]
Like I said, I couldn't see her. But... she seemed pretty not-gone to me.
[ Cisco doesn't know if saying it will be a comfort to Taako, or if he's twisting the knife. He really really hopes it is the former. If only he knew more about liches, or ghosts in general, or he could just bring Taako along with him into the vision. He can't help but feel like this is a game of telephone, but one where he's trying to convey sensitive and complicated information of extraordinary emotional weight between two people who ought to just be able to communicate with one another directly. It's a very weird position to be in. ]
She seemed like she was trying really really hard to help you.