[Somehow, Karkat hadn't expected that to be the breaking point, but then he'd sort of gotten the feeling they'd been having two entirely different conversations all along—more than he usually felt that way, even, considering every conversation he'd ever had with humans. Dave is upset, though, and even if he's mostly lost as to why, he's far less lost than he could be when he hears that. Did Dave's guardian do something? Or—not do something? What the fuck is going on?

He turns around hastily to face Dave, one hand already held bracingly at his back while the other hovers in midair, uncertain. Should he be reaching out? Retreating? What?]

Hey—hey, no, shoosh, shoosh, it's okay. He's not here, it's okay.

[???? Is this right, he doesn't understand, what is he supposed to say? What the fuck had Dave's lusus done?]

You don't even have to think of him again if you don't want to. Okay? He's not part of your life anymore.