[ Cisco hates feeling like he is powerless, particularly when it's clear Taako is in pain. He might not be sobbing or ranting, but Cisco can see it now, in the way he's holding himself, the way he's speaking, all of it. But if there's nothing to be done, there's nothing to be done. The last thing Taako probably wants right now is some misguided effort to cheer him up, which he might see as a response to his pain and anger being obnoxious, and Cisco wanting him to be fun again, or something like that.
So he just focuses on what he can do, right now, which is find out results from Taako's blood sample. He switches to the cheek swab, placing it in another compartment of the machine and typing in some even more complex instructions. ]
I built a time machine once. Long story. But dicking with the past is some pretty dangerous shit.
[ He knows that Taako must know that; Cisco only speaks so that he can break the heavy silence filling the lab at the moment. Squinting at the readouts, he announces: ]
It definitely looks like it was something you ingested. Which is pretty worrying. Maybe avoid that coffee place you went to. And also gimme their name because I feel like I should do some follow-up on this. Make sure they aren't up to something.
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[ Cisco hates feeling like he is powerless, particularly when it's clear Taako is in pain. He might not be sobbing or ranting, but Cisco can see it now, in the way he's holding himself, the way he's speaking, all of it. But if there's nothing to be done, there's nothing to be done. The last thing Taako probably wants right now is some misguided effort to cheer him up, which he might see as a response to his pain and anger being obnoxious, and Cisco wanting him to be fun again, or something like that.
So he just focuses on what he can do, right now, which is find out results from Taako's blood sample. He switches to the cheek swab, placing it in another compartment of the machine and typing in some even more complex instructions. ]
I built a time machine once. Long story. But dicking with the past is some pretty dangerous shit.
[ He knows that Taako must know that; Cisco only speaks so that he can break the heavy silence filling the lab at the moment. Squinting at the readouts, he announces: ]
It definitely looks like it was something you ingested. Which is pretty worrying. Maybe avoid that coffee place you went to. And also gimme their name because I feel like I should do some follow-up on this. Make sure they aren't up to something.