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DAVE: well i maybe
DAVE: kinda
DAVE: sort of
DAVE: possibly
DAVE: tried to rewind time to bring you back
KARKAT: OH...
KARKAT: YOU WERE ACTUALLY TRYING TO BRING ME BACK, AFTER ALL OF MY FUCKUPS...
DAVE: yes but obviously i messed it up…… a lot
KARKAT: HEY NO, DON'T BLAME YOURSELF FOR THAT. IT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE OF THE TRICKSTER CRAP, IT MIGHT BE MESSING WITH YOUR TIME THING.
KARKAT: BESIDES, WOULDN'T THAT JUST CREATE A NEW TIMELINE? AND I WOULD STILL BE DEAD AND THE ONE ALIVE WOULD BE SOME OTHER ME? THAT'S HOW THAT WORKS, RIGHT?
DAVE: i honestly dont know ive never tried to use my time shit that way before like……ever
DAVE: it was really a shot in the dark i was panicking and didnt want you to die for good
KARKAT: WELL, EITHER WAY LET'S *NOT* RISK THAT AND LEAVE THE TIME SHIT AS A LAST RESORT SOLUTION.
KARKAT: IS UHH... IS THE OTHER ME WITH YOU RIGHT NOW? THE ONE WHO, YOU KNOW, STABBED ME TO DEATH?
DAVE: hes kinda….out of it
DAVE: and a little bald…
KARKAT: OH. I JUST WANTED TO LET HIM KNOW THAT I'M NOT MAD AT HIM OR HOLDING ANY SORT OF GRUDGE. I THINK I FULLY DESERVED THIS.
KARKAT: ALSO SORRY FOR MAKING HIM A LITTLE BALD.
DAVE: dude what the fuck no you didnt deserve to die what
KARKAT: SIGH... AT LEAST DEATH SNAPPED ME OUT OF ALL OF THAT CRAP I HAD ALL AT ONCE...