[ her words (you are my closest friend, karkat. you are special.) catch him off guard, and the mask of anger slips for a moment, reveals something more vulnerable, mouth half open and eyes wide, before he scrambles to fix it back in place. ]

No. No. Okay, you can't spoonfeed me that rubbish. Unless you were recently possessed, you were yourself, you were every last bit of you, and every last bit of you broke your fucking promise when you decided it was high time to blow yourself up! [ like aradia, some quieter, more rational, less hurt part of him muses. and aradia had her reasons, so maybe danger had hers, too. ] You did leave me!