[Dave realizes he's shaking, reading Naoya's story. He gently removes a sleepy Eevee from his lap--"Vee?" "Shh, sorry, buddy."--and burrows down under the covers, pulls the quilt up over his head. It's better, somehow, to be completely covered, to have a thick buffer against everything outside of him and his 'Gear.
Also, if Karkat's awake, it means he can't see him freaking out. Or Dave can pretend to be asleep. Plausible deniability, hell yes.]
ok i understand
[As much as he can, anyway. As much as Dave understands anything, stripping it down to simple parts. Good and evil, death and life.
Naoya used his cousin (his brother, his little brother, for irony) for revenge, but also as a shield, for something as noble as the whole world. Dave has to believe that. He does believe that. And Abel, he must have understood that, too, if he chose to become something called the Messiah. No matter what Naoya says about that. He must have agreed that humanity was worth losing things to save.
He rubs his face with both hands, then picks up his 'Gear again. Okay. Okay. This is okay.]
i lived in a world like that where everything human was gone (you know on account of meteors) and youre right it blows
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Also, if Karkat's awake, it means he can't see him freaking out. Or Dave can pretend to be asleep. Plausible deniability, hell yes.]
ok
i understand
[As much as he can, anyway. As much as Dave understands anything, stripping it down to simple parts. Good and evil, death and life.
Naoya used his cousin (his brother, his little brother, for irony) for revenge, but also as a shield, for something as noble as the whole world. Dave has to believe that. He does believe that. And Abel, he must have understood that, too, if he chose to become something called the Messiah. No matter what Naoya says about that. He must have agreed that humanity was worth losing things to save.
He rubs his face with both hands, then picks up his 'Gear again. Okay. Okay. This is okay.]
i lived in a world like that
where everything human was gone
(you know on account of meteors)
and youre right
it blows