[It's not... the worst thing to explain, and really, Cisco has already seen the worst that Taako's shitty backstory has to offer, so talking about Wonderland isn't that big of a deal. He still takes a long sip of his drink before diving into it, though.]
I explained liches, right? Magic energy combined with someone's life force? They keep their shit together by feeding off emotions; someone like Barry, he used his love for us to strengthen him. [It's maybe the first time Taako has ever talked about love in direct relation to himself, but he says it easily. Barry became family, throughout the years.] The liches in Wonderland fed on suffering, specifically, you know, other people's suffering.
[That probably says everything, really, and Taako takes another drink before continuing.]
We went in there to get a relic, but to progress we had to... give things up. They asked for part of my life force, and my dashing good looks. And some of my like, agility? So if I ever fucking faceplant trying to dodge something, we can blame those assholes. Oh, there was the bad luck they gave me too, dropped a fucking chunk of metal the size of a dishwasher on me.
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[It's not... the worst thing to explain, and really, Cisco has already seen the worst that Taako's shitty backstory has to offer, so talking about Wonderland isn't that big of a deal. He still takes a long sip of his drink before diving into it, though.]
I explained liches, right? Magic energy combined with someone's life force? They keep their shit together by feeding off emotions; someone like Barry, he used his love for us to strengthen him. [It's maybe the first time Taako has ever talked about love in direct relation to himself, but he says it easily. Barry became family, throughout the years.] The liches in Wonderland fed on suffering, specifically, you know, other people's suffering.
[That probably says everything, really, and Taako takes another drink before continuing.]
We went in there to get a relic, but to progress we had to... give things up. They asked for part of my life force, and my dashing good looks. And some of my like, agility? So if I ever fucking faceplant trying to dodge something, we can blame those assholes. Oh, there was the bad luck they gave me too, dropped a fucking chunk of metal the size of a dishwasher on me.
[He nearly died, it was not fun.]