He stands in stunned silence until he can find words.]
I don't really have any choice but to say it anyway. Taako, I can't picture—I led a life without you for years and I know it was supposed to go on for ten more without you, and I literally can't picture that life without you in it. And even then we're supposed to make it back around to each other, right? We were separated and I—I fuckin' found you.
[Everything he knows about the future he's been told from Taako himself, so he hopes to god he's getting it right. And, god, is it painful to watch Taako right now, knowing if he tries to initiate contact it'll just screw him up further. All he can offer is words.]
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Fuck.
He stands in stunned silence until he can find words.]
I don't really have any choice but to say it anyway. Taako, I can't picture—I led a life without you for years and I know it was supposed to go on for ten more without you, and I literally can't picture that life without you in it. And even then we're supposed to make it back around to each other, right? We were separated and I—I fuckin' found you.
[Everything he knows about the future he's been told from Taako himself, so he hopes to god he's getting it right. And, god, is it painful to watch Taako right now, knowing if he tries to initiate contact it'll just screw him up further. All he can offer is words.]
I'd never leave you, Taako. You're family.