[Karkat eyes him, teeth baring a bit with his aggravation, but... He can't manage to snap at him again. He knows Gamzee too well, how he is, and how it must have hurt to see his moirail dead. He saw how Equius was when Nepeta vanished. He knows how he himself gets when Eridan is threatened, even when they were still moirails.]

[In the end, he lets out a heavy sigh.]

I'm just... pissed off that it went like this. It shouldn't have. None of this crap should have happened at all. If I had just--

[He shakes his head.]

I don't know. But maybe... Designate someone to keep you in check in the event I'm not around. I'm not saying someone should do my job for me, hell no, but someone to just keep you in one place before everything gets out of hand. Or go for the sopor instead. Just--something.