[ Cisco nods, mouth turned down in a sad sort of grimace. The truth is, there's probably still plenty left unsaid between then two of them, but words can only do so much. They aren't going to change what Lucretia had done, and what Taako had been through. Even if she were inclined to apologize - which for all Cisco knows, she might not be - that might only make things even worse. ]
You don't have to forgive her.
[ Cisco says the words carefully; he knows he is treading on some very thin eggshells, with all of this. He can't possibly understand what Taako's been through, or the full complexity of his relationship with Lucretia. But he can't just stand here and see his friend hurt and angry and not say something. ]
I know you probably already know that. It's not like you need... permission, or whatever. I don't even know if people where you're from spout the same bullshit about how important it is to always forgive or whatever, but... I'm just saying, you don't have to.
[ He takes one of the samples over to a rather daunting-looking machine, carefully piping out a couple drops of the blood onto a little slide before putting it in the machine and hitting a series of buttons. ]
no subject
[ Cisco nods, mouth turned down in a sad sort of grimace. The truth is, there's probably still plenty left unsaid between then two of them, but words can only do so much. They aren't going to change what Lucretia had done, and what Taako had been through. Even if she were inclined to apologize - which for all Cisco knows, she might not be - that might only make things even worse. ]
You don't have to forgive her.
[ Cisco says the words carefully; he knows he is treading on some very thin eggshells, with all of this. He can't possibly understand what Taako's been through, or the full complexity of his relationship with Lucretia. But he can't just stand here and see his friend hurt and angry and not say something. ]
I know you probably already know that. It's not like you need... permission, or whatever. I don't even know if people where you're from spout the same bullshit about how important it is to always forgive or whatever, but... I'm just saying, you don't have to.
[ He takes one of the samples over to a rather daunting-looking machine, carefully piping out a couple drops of the blood onto a little slide before putting it in the machine and hitting a series of buttons. ]