Willow thought "I told you so" would have been perfectly justified and she was actually expecting something like that, especially after their fights. She nodded, trying not to look as nervous as she felt.

"I will. Thanks."

She paused to look down at the cat in her lap, much less confident than she had been months previous. "I don't think anyone was, no." And then glanced up. He deserved eye contact for this. "But I'm sorry... for everything, for hurting you while I was glitched a-and for arguing over my magic before that. I should've been more careful. And now I will be."

It was the least she could do for Taxon after the terror she'd brought upon them.