[... In increments. Right. Open channel. What? At least the fact that Dave clearly has no fucking idea what he's talking about is helping to hammer in the point that Karkat doesn't need to be totally perfect, even if he still wants to be. He'd never make the mistake of thinking he could be actually perfect, but a perfect moirail for Dave?If he can be that, then...

He sighs and lets his head drop back down, giving Dave a totally superfluous squeeze at the same time. Good human, best headrest. More back rubs, please, he's almost feeling normal again.]

So... a little bit at a time, so it won't be too much.

[He can do that, even if he also kind of doesn't want to because he'd rather get it the fuck over with if he's going to talk about that shit at all. About Gamzee. Dave, though... yeah, all of his issues have to be handled more carefully. The last thing Karkat wants is for him to withdraw and pretend shit is fine when it so clearly isn't. Again.]

How much per increment? Or are we just going to stop whenever the fuck we've felt like we've had enough?

[He is... absolutely trying to draw out this subject for as long as possible to try and make Dave forget about the Gamzee thing. Or any other thing, really. Yes, this is healthy.]