[Reasoning with Taako is impossible. Magnus knows this, and he keeps trying, every damn time. Except this time he's almost ready to give up.

Gently, he tries one more time:] That's bullshit. I don't know what I can say to convince you otherwise, but...

[A sigh.] Whether it's fate or—Lucretia—I'll come back somehow and I know I'm not leaving after that.