Emberwood Walking and the sky keeps falling down

Taikon knew that she had also been through the pain of change. It was the most constant thing in his life, and it never seemed to get easier to deal with. He huffed out a sigh when she said it.
When she mentioned being agreeable, he laughed audibly, softly, openly. If she had been truly agreeable, she would have watched him leave Sagtannet and stayed there with Mahler because she was too agreeable. She would have refused to join up even when she was in real trouble. She would have made different general life choices. Taikon found the very idea of it all funny and ironic.
Taikon nodded, thinking fondly of Aphrodite. She'd been a person that had made him a bit uncomfortable in some ways. But she had never ceased to amaze him in her kindness. She was the one who warned me about the Saints. Taikon said it rather off hand, not really making a point. He thought more about it, and scrunched his brow as he continued. You know I never actually met any of them. He looked at her, hoping she might divulge something.
Then, he was immediately fearful he might have triggered painful memories.