[ Cisco smiles a little, when he's talking about how his own Barry used his love for Taako and Lup and the rest of his friends to strengthen him. Sure, there's a whole lot of ways they are dissimilar, from the sound of it, but that right there? That's some Barry Allen shit if Cisco has ever heard any. How many times had Barry found the strength to run just a little bit faster, fight just a little bit longer, because his friends were cheering him on, telling him they believed in him, reminding him of their love.
That smile is quick to vanish, however, as soon as Taako mentions some liches that fed off other people's suffering. It's not hard to draw quick conclusions. They sustained themselves with suffering, so they had made Taako suffer. Even if he talks about whatever happened with disregard, if the whole point had been to make him suffer... it must have been bad. ]
Holy shit. Your life force?
[ Cisco might not know shit about magic but that sounds, like, bad. Really bad. So is bad luck, and losing his agility, and they'd changed how he looks, permanently. Even if Taako can change things back with a spell, he's got to recast that spell from time to time, right? And every time he does, it's probably a reminder of what happened. ]
That is so fucked.
[ It seems worse somehow than if they had just gotten their suffering by hurting Taako and his friends. At least, in a way, that would have been simple, and temporary. ]
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That smile is quick to vanish, however, as soon as Taako mentions some liches that fed off other people's suffering. It's not hard to draw quick conclusions. They sustained themselves with suffering, so they had made Taako suffer. Even if he talks about whatever happened with disregard, if the whole point had been to make him suffer... it must have been bad. ]
Holy shit. Your life force?
[ Cisco might not know shit about magic but that sounds, like, bad. Really bad. So is bad luck, and losing his agility, and they'd changed how he looks, permanently. Even if Taako can change things back with a spell, he's got to recast that spell from time to time, right? And every time he does, it's probably a reminder of what happened. ]
That is so fucked.
[ It seems worse somehow than if they had just gotten their suffering by hurting Taako and his friends. At least, in a way, that would have been simple, and temporary. ]
Did you beat 'em?