[Yeah, okay, time to try and get through this. He puts down the bowl he's stirring as he rounds the counter, gently putting his arms over her shoulders so she can lean back against him if she wants.]

People like that, when you got a lotta power, you just... forget the small stuff. 'Mm not sayin' it's good, 'ss just how it is, but like... those people won't ever be really lookin' out for you. Everything's just too fuckin' big.

[It's how he felt about Merle and John, too. He was too big. Too much. At least when Taako has power he doesn't pretend to care about everyone who likes him, even if his actions say otherwise.]

She just keeps goin', because she has to. It's not kind. Never gonna be. And anyone who thinks that is a big idiot.