[It's comforting. Dave's comforted, he is. Karkat is good at this, and everything he says makes sense, everything he says sounds like what he really thinks. Dave doesn't have to pick apart layers when Karkat talks because they're true all the way down.

But still. Still, he's got to...]

...Even if I never get there?

[He turns his head a little, though there isn't much point. He can't see much besides the side of Karkat's neck, can't read his face or his body language.]

You'll still...you won't think it's your fault? Or feel...disappointed, or, or think I'm not trying, or...

[Yeah, there probably isn't an upper limit for how much Karkat has to shoosh this human. Shooshing is not part of his vocabulary. The Fountain of Strider cannot be stopped up.]

...It'll be okay?