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[takesitfromtherear]

[The camera shows nothing but pavement, the edge of some wet fingers, and the ends of a really flashy red cape, fabric worn and water-heavy, trailing on the ground. Oh, and an adorable little white rabbit chomping down on the end of that cape.]


I don't get it. I don't freakin' get it at all. What--

OI!


[Suddenly the camera jerks and... goes flying. Seems Kamina, not knowing what it was, tossed it over his shoulder. It clatters against the coral, still recording for a few moments.]


Oi, lil' punk! Come here. I'll friggin' teach you to attack a guy from the rear when he ain't lookin'.


[Kamina dives for the rabbit, trying to catch it, and then the feed cuts.]

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[ACTION]

[bethehugejerk]

Is that it?

[Karkat looks up, face a picture of disbelief growing into livid indignation, tinged by the heat of somewhere between embarrassment and shame. He looks like he could about punch him, and from the way his fists curl and shake at his sides, it's no hard guess that he wants to.]

I tell you--all that, I spill every fucking failure I've made to you, and that's all you can manage? Every big mistake I can dredge up out of memory, every important thing I have to look at and know and can't put down, and what you tell me--what you fucking tell me--is "just peachy"?

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[takesitfromtherear]

Yep, that's it.

[Kamina rubs the back of his neck for a moment.]

Listen, I don't get half that shit you are talking about. Computers, viruses, universe... whatever. It doesn't matter. That stuff made ya into who you are, but that don't mean you gotta keep thinking about it. It's not use thinking to much about the past that you can't live in the present.

[ACTION]

[bethehugejerk]

[Watching him like that, rubbing his neck, making such a plain answer - it really doesn't help. The shaking grows from his fists up to his shoulders, head drooping down above. In the end, he finally swings a fist at his chest.]

Fuck you! You don't just tell someone to tell you what mistakes they made that were so bad, and then come back with such a half-assed, useless excuse for an answer! Why did I even fucking say anything? This is humiliating, you asshole!