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CONSIDERING THE COURSE OF EVENTS IN RELATION TO THE CURRENT CURSE
IT WOULD PROBABLY BE BEST TO MAKE WHAT USE OF IT THERE CAN BE
SO CONSIDER THIS A SORT OF PSA.
IF YOU'VE GOT STUFF ON YOUR CHEST INVOLVING ME, NOW IS PROBABLY THE TIME TO TALK AND UNLOAD IT.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND FILTERING MESSAGES UNLESS YOU WANT ANY EMBARRASSING CONFESSIONS TO BE FREE TO THE PROBING SIGHT ORGANS OF WHOSOEVER WANTS TO PEEP ON PRIVATE FUCKING CONVERSATIONS.
ADDITIONALLY, ANYONE WHO ATTEMPTS TO USE THIS AS AN ATTEMPT TO EMBARRASS THE SHIT OUT OF ME WILL RECEIVE ZERO ANSWER, AND FUCK YOU FOR YOUR TROUBLE.
OTHERWISE HAVE AT IT, ASSHOLES.

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FIRST OFF, YOU'RE NOT PROPERTY, YOU'RE A TROLL AND YOUR OWN FUCKING PERSON.
SECOND, WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?
IF YOU'RE BEING TREATED LIKE A THING I AM GOING TO CONCERN MYSELF WITH IT WHETHER YOU THINK I SHOULD OR NOT.

IIt ii2 alriight; nothiing permanent came two pa22.
And though the term "Her property" ii2 dii2ta2teful two you, II have never miinded iit.

I DON'T CARE.
YOU'RE A TROLL, YOU SHOULDN'T THINK OF YOURSELF AS A THING
AND THE FACT THAT YOU WERE EVER MADE TO DO SO PISSES ME OFF SO MUCH I CAN'T STAND IT.
EVEN IF NOTHING PERMANENT HAPPENED I DON'T WANT HIM FUCKING AROUND WITH THAT KIND OF THING.

IIt ii2 po22iible two be both a troll and an object.
They are not mutually exclu2iive concept2.

BUT YOU'RE A PERSON!
YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE EVER BEEN TAKEN AND TURN INTO PART OF A FUCKING SHIP FOR ANYONE
LET ALONE THE EMPRESS.
FUCK THAT, FUCK HER, FUCK THE WHOLE DAMN CONCEPT!

II apologiize for up2ettiing you.
II cannot cea2e beiing what II am.
II do not beliieve II would wii2h two.

[ ...he'll notice what he typed after he sent it. Well, it looks like he's not 100% protected from the curse.

Just... just pretending there wasn't a glitch. ]

[Karkat stares at that for a long moment before he types anything in return.]

BUT WHY?

What el2e would II be?
II do not exii2t wiithout Her.

YOUR OWN FUCKING PERSON.
YOU EXISTED FINE WITHOUT HER BEFORE YOU GOT TURNED INTO A HELMSMAN, AND YOU EXIST JUST FINE HERE AND NOW WITHOUT HER IN THE SAME UNIVERSE.

You are very young, Karkat Vantas.
II am
plea2ed you 2eem iincapable of under2tandiing why II 2ay what II do.

I DON'T EVER WANT TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

You wiill not have two now, II beliieve.
The culture that created 2uch ciircum2tance2 ii2 gone and you are free of iit2 iinfluence iif you wi2h two be.
You wiill get two liive your liife iin a way that ii2 not iin fear of what may happen two you due two your blood, or what could happen two your companiion2 were they con2criipted by the Empiire.
That 2hould be enough.

I STILL FUCKING HATE WHAT IT DID
TO YOU AND TO OTHERS.

IIt ii2 alriight.
Everythiing that happened wa2 nece22ary.
A2 iif iit buiilt twoward2 2ome hiigher purpo2e.
IIt wa2 not for nothiing.

STABLE TIME LOOPS DON'T MEAN IT'S FUCKING FAIR.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THOSE EXIST FOR?
SCREWING US ALL THE FUCK OVER.

You are here and you are 2afe.
Whatever led two that, you 2hould beliieve iit ii2 faiir enough.

THIS IS A SEPARATE THING FROM THAT!
IF THEY WERE LINKED THEN THIS PLACE WOULD HAVE AN EFFECT THERE, AND IT DOESN'T.
I'VE BEEN BACK BEFORE.
IT WAS LIKE I'D NEVER BEEN GONE AT ALL, NO TIME HAD PASSED, AND I HAD ZERO MEMORY OF VATHEON OR ANYTHING HERE.
I WENT ON WITH THE SAME ACTIONS I WOULD HAVE TAKEN IF I'D NEVER BEEN HERE.
IT'S THE SAME FOR ANYONE ELSE.
TIME LOOPS DIDN'T DO SHIT TO BRING ME HERE.

II am 2orry, but II requiire clariifiicatiion.
You are 2ayiing that

[ There's a delay before a second message follows the cut off one. ]

II had already come two realiize that there mu2t be two uniique iiteratiion2 of an iindiiviidual'2 exii2tence.
What you 2ay 2ugge2t2 that data can move from the priimary (exii2tiing iin iit2 oriigiinal ciircum2tance2) two the 2econdary (exii2tiing 2olely iin Vatheon), but not the other way around.
Correct?

THAT IS A REALLY WEIRD WAY TO PUT IT
BUT THAT IS BASICALLY IT, YES.

Perhap2 not the mo2t organiic way two put the 2tatement.
When you 2ay you went back, were you gone for a periiod of tiime con2ii2tent wiith what you experiienced iin the priimary iin2tance?

NO, THEY EXIST IN SEPARATE TEMPORAL BUBBLES.
I WAS GONE... FIVE DAYS I THINK IT WAS?
BUT ONLY SPENT A FEW HOURS IN THE VEIL.
IT EXTENDS TO OTHER THINGS, TOO.
WHEN PEOPLE LEAVE AND COME BACK, THEY CAN BE FROM PRETTY DIVERGENT TIME FRAMES
AND NO MATTER HOW LONG THEY ARE GONE, IT DOESN'T AFFECT HOW MUCH TIME PASSED IN THE VEIL
THOUGH THE RULE TENDS TO BE THAT THE LONGER A PERSON IS GONE, THE LESS CHANCE THERE IS OF THEM REMEMBERING ANYTHING ABOUT VATHEON.

Plea2e forgiive my number of iinquiiriie2.
Ha2 there ever been an iinciident iin whiich a per2on 'left' and came back wiithout memory only two repeat the procedure and return wiith theiir oriigiinal Vatheon memoriie2 iintact?

IF IT HAS I HAVEN'T HEARD OF IT.
BUT IF YOU WANT A STANDOUT CASE
...
TEREZI LEFT FOR A WHILE, THEN CAME BACK WITH ONLY PARTIAL MEMORY OF THIS PLACE.
SHE REMEMBERED WHAT IT WAS AND EVERYTHING
AND SOME OF THE STUFF SHE HAD AND WHERE SHE'D LIVED
BUT NOT SPECIFIC EVENTS WITH PEOPLE.
FIRST I'VE HEARD OF IT, AND I HAVE YET TO SEE IT REPEATED
THOUGH THAT WAS ONLY ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF GO
AND
SHE'S GONE NOW AGAIN ANYWAY.

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