[you stop hacking at your stupid fucking sylladex for a minute and wilt a little more. you'd really been hoping Tavros knew, because at least Gamzee doesn't judge your stupid kismesis of a past self the way you do.]

Oh. I. [you pause-- do you really want to admit this?] I was hoping he'd be willing to have one of his stupid feelings jams. For his own good. [right, his. that sounds believable, right? and not at all like 'oh gog so I pailed a human who wasn't in any of my quadrants and it was absolutely filthy and now I want to crawl into a hole and die of embarrassment.']