[Well, it is a very lucky thing for this little dinner date of theirs that Dualscar isn't interested in harming Gamzee much despite what happened to Eridan. Or else Darkleer would have quite the problem with this. One of the ways that he would explain his problem with this would just happen to involve breaking Dualscar's trigger fingers.]

[As said. Lucky for the date.]

Hm. Equius was simply curious in his ancestry, and also offered me a hive to stay in even if just temporarily when I first arrived in Vatheon. I was curious about my descendent as well, so I saw no harm in agreeing. Gamzee was already staying with him at that time.

Since then, they've simply grown attached to me. [Setting down his glass, he leans back and laces his fingers together on the tabletop.] It isn't so unusual. Even with the highblooded tendency towards violence, trolls are a social race. For inexperienced children such as them, in times of crisis, it's not unusual to look to another who has what they lack.

I was one of the only adults in the city at the time, also.