[oh no, your eyes feel kind of prickly, stop that! This isn't about you so don't start crying, jeeez John Egbert, get a grip!]

Well I don't understand a lot of what you say! Blood color isn't a thing for me so I guess I totally brushed that off like a huge jerk and I'm sorry! And uh, Karkat, I kind of said that I was down with the whole pity thing! I mean, that's what trolls call the not-hatey part of romance, right?