Hah! That was a good one! A worthy adversary Egbert might be, but trounce? There was absolutely no way any victory over him could be, well, decisive.

Karkat spun on his heels, jabbing an index finger into John's chest. "You can keep dreaming about that, because it'll never happen! I'll absolutely thrash you, d'you hear me--"

Wait a second.

Waaaaaaiiiiiiit a second.

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