[It isn't much of a defense, assuming it's a defense at all, but Karkat doesn't care about that. So what if he's just saying stuff? It's still true, and if Dave is this fucked up over all of it, any and all cultural differences don't make an iota of difference.]
It doesn't matter if he wasn't going to eat someone. He fucking scared you and made you feel unsafe, right? That's—that's wrong no matter what species you are, don't try and say it wasn't so bad just because he wasn't a giant fucking spider.
[The fact that Karkat can throw together a sentence like that and see absolutely nothing wrong with it probably says all that needs to be said about trolls. Whatever, not the issue, Dave is shaking and that needs to stop. He deserves a moirail who doesn't let that shit happen to begin with, but since he's stuck with Karkat...
Stifling an exasperated sigh at himself, he adjusts his hold on Dave so that he's no longer squeezing him half to death, instead gently cradling him and stroking his hair. Shh, shh, it's okay.]
Whatever he did to make you feel that way about him was wrong, and I know you wouldn't just say that shit if it wasn't something really fucked up. I know you, Dave.
[Not everything about him, which is abundantly clear from this whole conversation, but enough to know that Dave wouldn't exaggerate anything if it would make him seem weaker. He wouldn't admit the truth if it made him seem weaker, and what kind of stupidity is that? Is that because of his lusus, too?]
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[It isn't much of a defense, assuming it's a defense at all, but Karkat doesn't care about that. So what if he's just saying stuff? It's still true, and if Dave is this fucked up over all of it, any and all cultural differences don't make an iota of difference.]
It doesn't matter if he wasn't going to eat someone. He fucking scared you and made you feel unsafe, right? That's—that's wrong no matter what species you are, don't try and say it wasn't so bad just because he wasn't a giant fucking spider.
[The fact that Karkat can throw together a sentence like that and see absolutely nothing wrong with it probably says all that needs to be said about trolls. Whatever, not the issue, Dave is shaking and that needs to stop. He deserves a moirail who doesn't let that shit happen to begin with, but since he's stuck with Karkat...
Stifling an exasperated sigh at himself, he adjusts his hold on Dave so that he's no longer squeezing him half to death, instead gently cradling him and stroking his hair. Shh, shh, it's okay.]
Whatever he did to make you feel that way about him was wrong, and I know you wouldn't just say that shit if it wasn't something really fucked up. I know you, Dave.
[Not everything about him, which is abundantly clear from this whole conversation, but enough to know that Dave wouldn't exaggerate anything if it would make him seem weaker. He wouldn't admit the truth if it made him seem weaker, and what kind of stupidity is that? Is that because of his lusus, too?]