[pause. this one much longer than the others. when he finally does start again...]
...You think this is a fuckin' joke?
[...he sounds bewildered, angry, hurt.]
You think you can just waltz the fuck on in after ewerythin' that happened and say somethin' like that, like you ewen giwe a shit? Like I don't know what you're plannin'?
[eridan never really did accept that eddie didn't cut him loose just to be cruel - sure, karkat had said it, but what did karkat know, anyway? karkat didn't understand the subtle machinations of politicians and highbloods, the low spectrum lies and backstabbing ploys that were inherent in the natures of men like him and edward nygma.
it was just too easy like this. there had to be a catch, it had to be some sort of ploy to trip him up and put him away again. nothing was ever this easy.]
private;
[pause.]
I c-
[pause.]
We -
[pause. this one much longer than the others. when he finally does start again...]
...You think this is a fuckin' joke?
[...he sounds bewildered, angry, hurt.]
You think you can just waltz the fuck on in after ewerythin' that happened and say somethin' like that, like you ewen giwe a shit? Like I don't know what you're plannin'?
[eridan never really did accept that eddie didn't cut him loose just to be cruel - sure, karkat had said it, but what did karkat know, anyway? karkat didn't understand the subtle machinations of politicians and highbloods, the low spectrum lies and backstabbing ploys that were inherent in the natures of men like him and edward nygma.
it was just too easy like this. there had to be a catch, it had to be some sort of ploy to trip him up and put him away again. nothing was ever this easy.]