[Kravitz' looks distressed, and something hits his heart, but he shoves it down quickly. He won't be manipulated here. But of course he's playing dumb and toting and loving, but Taako won't have it, he just won't.]

Nothing fuckin'-- it's not what happened to me! It's you. They, they got you in on it, of course they did. It'd be easier, right? If I went back to being some, uh, some funny fuckin' guy without dealing with all of this drama, right? I get it, you don't wanna deal with it, so-- so you can lure me in, and I'll forget, and you get the carefree dude I was when you met me. I mean, fuck, I get it, who can deal with how I am anyway, should've known!

[He's rambling, running around the issue in circles because the paranoia won't let him focus; if it did, he'd punch through how stupid he's being in just a few seconds. But while he's jittery, messed up, of course he won't stop and think about all the reassurance Kravitz has given him for how much he cares. He had shifted, gesturing with his arms, but he centers back in, pressing the tip of the Umbra Staff to his chest.

If Kravitz pays attention, he can feel it, like Taako's hands, shaking.]

I won't forget Lup again. I won't. I don't care what, what anyone wants.