[Ah, crap, this isn't working. They're... they're really shaken up about this, aren't they? Taako looks between them, smile fading. It's finally hitting him the kind of distance he has from all this. He didn't spend 10 years wondering where his family was. He didn't spend 10 years wondering maybe this exact thing, that they were dying in pain somewhere and they'd never come back. Taako doesn't spend a lot of time entertaining these kinds of worries, these fears. But he's afraid now. Afraid for them, feeling their tension pressing against him, and he hates it.
He lets Lup drag him up, but once he is, he moves his arm to wrap around her back, pressing her against his chest. Barry, meanwhile, gets tugged in from just dragging his hand out and onto his other side, sort of bumping his shoulder into Barry's chest. He's not... good at words. But they can hug it out, right?
He rests his head on top of Lup's, burying his nose into her hair, and moving his hand from Barry's grip to wrap around his back.]
C'mere. Alright? Just c'mere.
[He's too exhausted right now to properly process this, the fear, the amount of times he'll wake up as the weeks go on gripping at his middle with tears in his eyes. But this is grounding. This will bring him back.]
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He lets Lup drag him up, but once he is, he moves his arm to wrap around her back, pressing her against his chest. Barry, meanwhile, gets tugged in from just dragging his hand out and onto his other side, sort of bumping his shoulder into Barry's chest. He's not... good at words. But they can hug it out, right?
He rests his head on top of Lup's, burying his nose into her hair, and moving his hand from Barry's grip to wrap around his back.]
C'mere. Alright? Just c'mere.
[He's too exhausted right now to properly process this, the fear, the amount of times he'll wake up as the weeks go on gripping at his middle with tears in his eyes. But this is grounding. This will bring him back.]
I've got you.