[ Taako's theory sparks the same sudden rush of anxiety that had surfaced in him the first time Taako mentioned memory-altering spells. If his powers aren't capable of getting around that kind of magic, how would Cisco know if it had been done to him already? Hell, for all he knows, Taako's insistence that he would never mess with Cisco's memories is him protesting too much. Maybe it's a ruse. Maybe Taako's erased whole swaths of-
At which point Cisco gets a handle on that little flare-up of paranoia. Taako is his friend, and not evil (probably), and what's more Cisco can't imagine what benefit he could get from it. Someone as magically powerful as him, and as uninterested in science, would have no need to involve Cisco even if he did have secret, elaborate, horrible plans. Besides, Eddie trusts Taako, and Eddie has good instincts. Far better than Cisco's ever were.
The whole moment of uncertainty passes quickly, and doesn't show almost at all on the surface. Once he's on the other side of it Cisco feels profoundly grateful that, for all that he's magic, Taako isn't a mind-reader. That kind of wild and unpredictable suspiciousness is not really his most flattering trait. He puts it out of mind, shrugging and concluding: ]
Not really any way of testing it, since I'm still at square one when it comes to figuring out how to control that shit.
[ But he has, at least, been working on it, a little. Which is more than he could say a while ago. Cisco grins, setting thoughts of his powers aside; now that he's a safe distance away and he's got a drink in his hand, the whole thing seems much much funnier. ]
Besides, I feel like I oughta remember this, so if I ever start to worry I'm too much of a weirdo, I can just think, at least I'm not a guy who gets a boner for bees.
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[ Taako's theory sparks the same sudden rush of anxiety that had surfaced in him the first time Taako mentioned memory-altering spells. If his powers aren't capable of getting around that kind of magic, how would Cisco know if it had been done to him already? Hell, for all he knows, Taako's insistence that he would never mess with Cisco's memories is him protesting too much. Maybe it's a ruse. Maybe Taako's erased whole swaths of-
At which point Cisco gets a handle on that little flare-up of paranoia. Taako is his friend, and not evil (probably), and what's more Cisco can't imagine what benefit he could get from it. Someone as magically powerful as him, and as uninterested in science, would have no need to involve Cisco even if he did have secret, elaborate, horrible plans. Besides, Eddie trusts Taako, and Eddie has good instincts. Far better than Cisco's ever were.
The whole moment of uncertainty passes quickly, and doesn't show almost at all on the surface. Once he's on the other side of it Cisco feels profoundly grateful that, for all that he's magic, Taako isn't a mind-reader. That kind of wild and unpredictable suspiciousness is not really his most flattering trait. He puts it out of mind, shrugging and concluding: ]
Not really any way of testing it, since I'm still at square one when it comes to figuring out how to control that shit.
[ But he has, at least, been working on it, a little. Which is more than he could say a while ago. Cisco grins, setting thoughts of his powers aside; now that he's a safe distance away and he's got a drink in his hand, the whole thing seems much much funnier. ]
Besides, I feel like I oughta remember this, so if I ever start to worry I'm too much of a weirdo, I can just think, at least I'm not a guy who gets a boner for bees.