[OH HEY LOOK, ANOTHER FAILURE! Congratulations, Karkat, you have leveled up from YAPPING ANKLEBITER to JADED JACKASS on your echeladder! This level-up gives you no boondollars, because they are useless here. It also gives you a crushing sense of disappointment! In fact, you somewhat suspect you have lost a rank.]

I-- NO!

[For once in your fucking life you actually realize it might be time to stop yelling, if only because you're scrubbing at your eyes pretty suspiciously.]

This is really hard for me, okay?