(This is less stressful for sure, but Lucretia almost prefers him yelling. It's hard to listen to Taako sit and tell her this so plainly. She doesn't look up from her tea cup as guilt curls in her stomach. She doesn't get to choose the way that Taako interacts with her, especially not when it comes to this. If this is the easiest way for him to talk, that should be more than good enough for her.)

I... (she hedges, tired and unsure of what to say,) I mean, you're right, Taako. I know that I've been pushing, because of the holidays. I've been enjoying being with you, and Lup and Magnus again.

(She hasn't had a proper Candlenights for two years. That's nothing on Lup's solitary decade of course, but for her, it's been a long and lonely stretch. That, and when she thinks of having to return to that same isolation sans the insider knowledge she has from Taako, it only makes her want to cling harder to what she has right now.) I... got carried away. I'm sorry.