[ Ohhhhhhh, boy. Look at him go. Kinda weird weighing fifty some-odd years of "yelled at a Power Bear, jumped out from behind bushes at people for a literal year" Magnus against a year of, like. This.

That sure is life, though. People change. People change each other.

Merle steps forward to pat Magnus on his other shoulder, since Taako did it and he doesn't wanna look bad or anything. Plus Magnus went to all the trouble to bend down to this level and everything. ]

Yeah, we'll get Taako to make one of those, those dump cakes! Be mad all you want, pal, go ahead and, uh. Cry that one out. Promise away.

[ Pat pat. ]

Even though you already chopped off my arm.