[Varian just pulling a truth serum out of his ass isn't really that farfetched after he watched him help his uncle build a trans-dimensional portal in roughly a week.]
[He frowns as he explains. Him doing something like drugging the guards to get what he was after was ...not great, sure, but it isn't something Dipper wouldn't do with family at stake. As he gets into the part with Rapunzel, Dipper starts to understand where things are taking a nasty turn.]
[He winces.]
Oof.
[But, his tone isn't condemning or anything. It's definitely not good, but between sympathetic and "Oh no". And, because he knows Varian well enough to know that he wouldn't just accept failure--]
[...]
[The power was all in her. Okay, Dipper knows where this is going.]
Oh, man. You totally kidnapped her next, didn't you?
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[He frowns as he explains. Him doing something like drugging the guards to get what he was after was ...not great, sure, but it isn't something Dipper wouldn't do with family at stake. As he gets into the part with Rapunzel, Dipper starts to understand where things are taking a nasty turn.]
[He winces.]
Oof.
[But, his tone isn't condemning or anything. It's definitely not good, but between sympathetic and "Oh no". And, because he knows Varian well enough to know that he wouldn't just accept failure--]
[...]
[The power was all in her. Okay, Dipper knows where this is going.]
Oh, man. You totally kidnapped her next, didn't you?