[Where once he was starting to calm down, at the Magnus' exclamation that they're 'family,' Taako's ears pin back against his head and he hisses, jabbing a finger at him.]

I don't have family, Magnus, liches or otherwise.

[Not one he remembers. Not one that counted. He's been alone his entire life as far as he remembers and that's the whole problem.

It's only as far as he remembers and it's obvious that he doesn't remember a whole fucking lot anymore. The huge gaps in his memory, the dissonance between him and literally everyone he knows, the whole existence of Lup, it's all one big glaring sign that points to him missing a lot. To someone having stolen a lot from him.

Someone has stolen everything from him and there's only one person who has a voidfish.

He pulls his finger back and takes a breath, trying to steady himself. It's too easy to get angry right now, and since he can't focus that anger at anyone who actually deserves it, Magnus has to take the brunt and that's not entirely fair.]

But whatever, fine. They're both liches, Barry isn't flattened into glass, cool cool cool. So? Who took our memories then and how did you find this second voidfish to drink its baby juice?