[Lup and Taako rise to stand, and Barry slowly joins them, still a little shaky on his feet from the emotional whiplash. The crying and the powerful spell blasted at the Null has taken what little he had right out of him. But Taako seems good to stand. He's up on his feet, breathing, speaking, arms looping around both of them in a reassuring hug.
Barry is quick to return it. His arms go around Taako's narrow back, Lup's shaking shoulders, and he holds them both, relishing in feeling the two of them close.
They could've lost a family member today. He's so unspeakably relieved that they didn't.]
G-Got you too, Taako.
[They stay like that for a while, holding each other, Lup and Barry shivering as they cry against Taako. Once he feels like he's cried his last - which he hasn't, of course, he's going to shed way more tears about this in the days to come - Barry pulls away with a deep, shuddering breath, wiping at his face, smoothing Taako's hair out where he'd messed it up. All three of them look a mess, covered in dust and blood and tears, but they made it. They made it.]
Let's-- L-Let's get you to a temple, okay bud? We gotta get outta here b-before any more show up. Can you walk?
[Barry's already easing Taako's arm up around his shoulder, supporting him should he need it. That transmuter's stone was a one-time thing. And there's still a war raging around them. They can't afford to stay out in the open like this much longer.]
/shows up a month later and i didn't even get starbucks, whaddup
Barry is quick to return it. His arms go around Taako's narrow back, Lup's shaking shoulders, and he holds them both, relishing in feeling the two of them close.
They could've lost a family member today. He's so unspeakably relieved that they didn't.]
G-Got you too, Taako.
[They stay like that for a while, holding each other, Lup and Barry shivering as they cry against Taako. Once he feels like he's cried his last - which he hasn't, of course, he's going to shed way more tears about this in the days to come - Barry pulls away with a deep, shuddering breath, wiping at his face, smoothing Taako's hair out where he'd messed it up. All three of them look a mess, covered in dust and blood and tears, but they made it. They made it.]
Let's-- L-Let's get you to a temple, okay bud? We gotta get outta here b-before any more show up. Can you walk?
[Barry's already easing Taako's arm up around his shoulder, supporting him should he need it. That transmuter's stone was a one-time thing. And there's still a war raging around them. They can't afford to stay out in the open like this much longer.]