listening to the donor bonus episodes is such an enlightening experience like
how i expected the boys to meet:
none of them know each other beforehand, maybe magnus and merle did a couple jobs as a duo before they pick up taako, nothing known of dark histories
how it happened:
taako: ok you caught me im the famous cooking wizard. i killed like a lot of people on accident and im kinda messed up about it
magnus: oh cool, im a fan of your show! you should come adventuring with me
merle: hey
magnus and taako: he’s not with us
