Yeah, it wasn't supposed to go this way. Karkat wasn't supposed to be fighting down the urge to just go back and strangle Equius for the things that he said, even if it would be interrupting Gamzee's beat down on him. The news that Jade still liked him made him blink a little, before he shook his head with a small sigh. "We do things for you because that's what friends do. And I'll be honest, I've been looking for an excuse to punch Strider for a long time. Hell I punched myself after we fought." Well not really, he just went to his spot in the owlery and hit the wall until his fists bled.

Karkat stood from where he was squatting and looked away, shoving his hands into his pockets. "If you really think we shouldn't be doing this then...maybe we shouldn't be. I just thought maybe you could show me that my dad was wrong about me."