Taako's words shook her badly. But there was one person in the world she knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that he could trust, and that was Barry. Everything else in the universe might have been royally fucked, but Barry would find a way to set it right.
She watched them head back to the Bureau, watched them make a plan, and all the while, she was muttering, "Trust Barry. Trust Barry, Taako. Love Barry. Trust Barry. Love Barry." Come on, Taako. It's not all lost. Not yet. "Trust Barry. Love Barry."
And then he put on the telepathic band, and looked startled. Could he—could he hear her? "Taako, it's - it's me, it's your sister, it's me, trust Barry!"
She had no idea if she'd gotten through, but she was gonna keep trying until she knew he understood. "Trust Barry! Taako, trust Barry!"
A while later, she heard Taako address Barry. And she shut off all her other senses again, to listen with all her might, still chanting "Trust Barry" in her mind.
"Hey, listen. And think hard before you answer. We've been, uh, fighting alongside the Bureau of Balance for a long time. I need you to tell me, in a sentence, why we should trust you and turn against the Bureau."
Lup kept chanting. "Trust Barry. Love Barry."
Barry hesitated before he answered. "Um… I don't—I don't think I'm evil? Like, I don't think I'm an evil guy? I don't—obviously there's like, some pretty big holes in the ol' Barry story, but, like, I don't—"
"You have veered off sentence and are hurtling towards paragraph, my friend. A sentence, please. Time is of the essence and I think you need this worse than we do."
Barry's voice sounded both unsure and resigned. "I don't know, but I feel like I trust you."
Lup nearly screamed. "Trust him! Trust Barry! Taako, trust him!"