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WHO??? YOU KNOW... VR1SK4S 4NC3STOR? TH3 FR13NDLY ON3 WHO T3LLS LONG STOR13S OH YEAH. HER. I DON'T KNOW, I CAN'T KEEP ALL THESE GHOST NAMES STRAIGHT. FLIPTUNA? MEOWLIN... WASN'T THERE A CARLOS? FUCK IT. THEY WERE ALL NAMED CARLOS AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. WAIT. EXCEPT MEENAH. SHE WAS ALRIGHT. A LITTLE FORWARD, BUT... WHATEVER, THIS ISN'T THE POINT. ALL I REMEMBER ABOUT MY INTERACTIONS WITH THE SERKET GIRL WAS GETTING CORNERED INTO THESE LUDICROUS MONOLOGUES, THEN RACKING MY BRAIN FOR EXCUSES TO GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE. Y34H W3LL 1 W4S 4 L1TTL3 MOR3 T4CTFUL TH4N YOU 4ND 4CTU4LLY L1ST3N3D 4ND L3T H3R T4LK M3 1NTO SOM3TH1NG 1 SHOULDNT H4V3 >:[ SO SHE WAS JUST LIKE *POOF!* AND SUDDENLY YOUR EYES WERE BETTER? Y3S WHAT IS SHE, SOME SORT OF MAGIC FAIRY?? UM. Y3S? TH4TS K1ND OF L1T3R4LLY WH4T SH3 1S OH ALRIGHT, I GUESS HER STORY CHECKS OUT THEN. GOOD FOR HER. BUT THIS DOESN'T SEEM LIKE YOU TEREZI. I MEAN, I DIDN'T THINK YOU EVEN WANTED YOUR EYESIGHT BACK? I'VE NEVER MET ANYONE AS CHUFFED ABOUT HER OWN DISABILITY AS YOU. I WAS ALWAYS UNDER THE IMPRESSION YOU FELT LIKE IT WAS A BIG PART OF WHO YOU ARE? 1T W4S!!! TH3 MOM3NT SH3 H34L3D M3 1 KN3W 1 M4D3 4 T3RR1BL3 M1ST4K3 BUT 1 COULDNT T4K3 1T B4CK 1 THOUGHT 4BOUT 1T L1K3 JUST BL1ND1NG MYS3LF 4G41N 4ND PR3T3ND1NG 1T N3V3R H4PP3N3D BUT 3V3N TH3 W4Y 1T H4PP3N3D OR1G1N4LLY W4S SOM3TH1NG SP3C14L TO M3 1 C4NT DUPL1C4T3 TH4T 4ND 3V3N 1F 1 COULD 1T ST1LL WOULDNT B3 TH3 S4M3 1 C4NT S33M TO FORG1V3 MYS3LF FOR B31NG SO STUP1D FOR SOM3 R34SON 1 THOUGHT 1T W4S 4 GOOD 1D34 TO T4K3 TH3 ONLY COOL 4ND UN1QU3 TH1NG 4BOUT MYS3LF 4ND "F1X" 1T WH4T W4S 1 TH1NK1NG? WHOA WHOA THE *ONLY* COOL THING ABOUT YOU? TEREZI. I WANT TO BE UNDERSTANDING, BUT I CAN'T GET BEHIND SOME OF THE SHIT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT YOURSELF HERE. WHAT MADE YOU START UNRAVELING LIKE THIS? 1 TH1NK 1T W4S WH3N W3 ST4RT3D M33T1NG OUR 4NC3STORS 4ND 1 THOUGHT TH3Y W3R3 4LL COOL3R 4ND OLD3R 4ND MOR3 1NT3R3ST1NG TH4N US 3V3N THOUGH TH3Y PROB4BLY W3R3NT? TH3Y H4D 4 LOT OF PROBL3MS 4ND 1NS3CUR1T13S TOO BUT 1 GU3SS TH3 K1ND TH4T OLD3R K1DS H4V3, 4ND WH3N YOUR3 YOUNG3R YOU DONT R34LLY R3COGN1Z3 TH3M 4S PROBL3MS YOU LOOK 4T THOS3 TH1NGS 4S JUST P4RT OF WH4T 1TS L1K3 B31NG SOM3ON3 WHOS MOR3 1NT3R3ST1NG 4ND GROWN UP TH4N YOU M4YB3 S1NC3 1M NOT 4S YOUNG 4NYMOR3 1 GU3SS 1 C4N S33 TH4T NOW BUT 1 W4S STUP1DLY 4W3STRUCK BY SOM3 P3OPL3 WHO W3R3 NOT SO 1MPR3SS1V3 1N R3TROSP3CT 4ND 1 M4D3 4 DUMB M1ST4K3 WAIT. WE MET ALL THOSE PEOPLE LIKE... KIND OF A LONG TIME AGO? HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HIDING THIS FROM EVERYONE? 1 DONT KNOW 4 Y34R OR SOM3TH1NG? 4ND 1 W4SNT H1D1NG 1T 1 JUST D1DNT T3LL 4NYBODY YEAH! THAT'S WHAT HIDING IT MEANS. BUT YOU USU4LLY C4NT S33 MY 3Y3S 4NYW4Y! C4US3 OF MY GL4SS3S?? DUH I KNOW, BUT NOT TELLING ANYBODY THAT IS STILL BEING POINTLESSLY SECRETIVE! YOU COULD HAVE SAID, HEY KARKAT, I FUCKED UP AND NOW I CAN SEE AGAIN. MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS SO I DON'T GO INTO A TRAGIC DOWNWARD SPIRAL AND MAKE YOU WORRY ABOUT ME FOR NO REASON! 1M SORRY! 1 SHOULD H4V3 BUT 1 W4S SO 4SH4M3D AND WHAT ABOUT THIS CLANDESTINE BLACKROM NONSENSE YOU'VE GOT GOING ON WITH GAMZEE? WH4T? HAVE YOU BEEN DATING HIM FOR JUST AS LONG? WAS HE INVOLVED IN THAT DECISION?? LIKE, DID HE HELP TALK YOU INTO HEALING YOUR EYES OR SOMETHING?! HOW D1D YOU KNOW W3 W3R3 D4T1NG! D1D H3 T3LL YOU? OH MY GOD. TEREZI, YOU ARE A FUCKING CATASTROPHE. YOU USED TO BE LIKE, CUNNING? AND CONSIDERABLY MORE INTELLIGENT THAN ME, WHICH I HAVE NO PROBLEM ADMITTING. BUT THIS IS RIDICULOUS. EVEN IF I DIDN'T FIGURE IT OUT MYSELF, WHICH I *DID* BECAUSE IT WAS *OBVIOUS*, YOU ARE UP HERE ON THE ROOF LYING UNCONSCIOUS IN A PILE OF HONK HORNS AND FAYGO BOTTLES. I AM NOT A MASTER OF DEDUCTION, BUT UNLESS YOU WERE RECENTLY STOMPED ON BY SOME SORT OF GOLEM COMPOSED OF GARBAGE FROM A CIRCUS, IT SEEMS FAIR TO SAY YOU ARE OFFICIALLY DOWN WITH THE CLOWN. UUUGH OK Y3S 1TS TRU3 >:o[ WELL? WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT. 1 COULDNT G3T UP TH3 N3RV3 TO T3LL YOU 4BOUT TH4T 31TH3R 1N 4 W4Y, 1M 3V3N MOR3 D1SGUST3D W1TH MYS3LF FOR D4T1NG TH4T 4SSHOL3 TH4N 1 4M FOR H34L1NG MY 3Y3S THEN WHY ARE YOU DOING IT! 1 DONT KNOW! 1 C4NT BR1NG MYS3LF TO STOP S331NG H1M 3V3RY T1M3 1 TH1NK 1 C4NT STOM4CH TH3 S1GHT OF H1S UGLY F4C3 FOR 4NOTH3R S3COND H3 PULLS M3 B4CK 1N H3 1S JUST SO 4444WFUL
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