[Well, that's depressing. Karkat's attitude is shoved back by a wince of honest-to-god sympathy.]

I'm not going to pretend I have much fondness for Dave, let alone a post-scratch version I've never met, but... I know what it's like to learn an ancestor was killed before his time. Shit sucks rotting bulge.

At least we're both agreed on not taking her on directly.