[Well, okay, Karkat can stare Dave soulfully in the shades all he likes. His gaze skitters off somewhere for a moment and he nods in answer to the second question, but his mouth tightens a bit. It's more complicated than that.]

I guess it depends on your perspective. What he did, maybe it saved a lot of people. But to do that, he...some personal sacrifices got made along the way, let's say.

[Dave breathes out and finally relaxes a little into the hug.]

Anyway, he can't do it here. And he said it was over, anyway. The thing he was trying to do.

[Apocalypses, am I right. Can't live with 'em, can't apparently fucking exist without 'em.]

But, I think, given the chance, he...yeah, I think he still would.