[That is neither agreement nor tears of gratitude, and Dave would take points off for that if the nuzzling didn't distract him entirely, enough that he forgets what he's doing with his hand for a moment. Petting, isn't it? He resumes it, but then moves up to stroke his thumb slowly through the last curls of Karkat's hair, right at the edge of his hairline.]
Mammalian bone mineral's mostly calcium, numbnuts.
[At least, he thinks that's true. Some kind of inorganic compound thereof, he's pretty sure, though there's organic material in there, too.
Man. Bones. Bones are cool.
With Karkat's head under his chin, he just rests his face in the rats' nest Karkat calls hair. Settles in comfortably. His heart rate's halfway back to normal now that Karkat's not going anywhere, thumping less wildly in his throat. It's going to be okay. He closes his eyes.]
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Mammalian bone mineral's mostly calcium, numbnuts.
[At least, he thinks that's true. Some kind of inorganic compound thereof, he's pretty sure, though there's organic material in there, too.
Man. Bones. Bones are cool.
With Karkat's head under his chin, he just rests his face in the rats' nest Karkat calls hair. Settles in comfortably. His heart rate's halfway back to normal now that Karkat's not going anywhere, thumping less wildly in his throat. It's going to be okay. He closes his eyes.]
Sorry for what. For being good to me? Dude.