[How many times does he need to shoosh this human, surely there's some upper limit. Not that Karkat actually minds, however much he'll pretend otherwise once it stops mattering, but it still kills him a little every time Dave's voice falters and he struggles to speak. He's making Dave too defensive, and how the fuck had he even managed that? It's the exact opposite of the effect he'd been aiming for. Fuck, he's so stupid.
Biting his lower lip, he gives his moirail another squeeze and tries to think of the best way to phrase his response. If this incident were absolutely one hundred percent guaranteed to be the last time Dave faced this dilemma, he wouldn't think anything of it, but yeah no, there's no chance in hell. So...]
Needing time to sort it out is different. And I'm not going to blame you if you need to ask other people first, especially if it's about human bullshit I don't fucking understand. I mean, it's—something we're both going to have to get used to. Our cultures are too different.
[Except Dave had a metric fuckton of humans to choose from while Karkat haoh wow look at that, a change in subject! Fucking focus, Present Karkat, this isn't about you.]
So if you're not talking to me because of that, or because you're just not ready yet... that's totally fine, all right? I just don't want you to hold back because you think I'll judge you for it or flip my shit or whatever.
You can tell me anything, Dave. When you're ready.
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[How many times does he need to shoosh this human, surely there's some upper limit. Not that Karkat actually minds, however much he'll pretend otherwise once it stops mattering, but it still kills him a little every time Dave's voice falters and he struggles to speak. He's making Dave too defensive, and how the fuck had he even managed that? It's the exact opposite of the effect he'd been aiming for. Fuck, he's so stupid.
Biting his lower lip, he gives his moirail another squeeze and tries to think of the best way to phrase his response. If this incident were absolutely one hundred percent guaranteed to be the last time Dave faced this dilemma, he wouldn't think anything of it, but yeah no, there's no chance in hell. So...]
Needing time to sort it out is different. And I'm not going to blame you if you need to ask other people first, especially if it's about human bullshit I don't fucking understand. I mean, it's—something we're both going to have to get used to. Our cultures are too different.
[Except Dave had a metric fuckton of humans to choose from while Karkat haoh wow look at that, a change in subject! Fucking focus, Present Karkat, this isn't about you.]
So if you're not talking to me because of that, or because you're just not ready yet... that's totally fine, all right? I just don't want you to hold back because you think I'll judge you for it or flip my shit or whatever.
You can tell me anything, Dave. When you're ready.