SKYLLA: ..so i think i owe yya some caedars.
KARKAT: YOU'RE A TIME PLAYER?
SKYLLA: turns out time travel ain’t just some wriggler stories, gotta sayy, it’s neat bein’ able to travel to anyy place in time, not sure if i can hop timelines.
SKYLLA: ..should i tryy it?
KARKAT: I DON'T KNOW, IT'S UP TO YOU. I'M NOT REALLY A TIME GUY
SKYLLA: do yya know anyy byy anyy chance? kinda wanna figure more of this stuff out, don’t know much about these powers, seem like.. a whole new book, i’m more used to basic one-two punches yy’know?
KARKAT: WELL... I KNOW DAVE, BUT HE KIND OF *JUST* HAD TO WITNESS ME ASCEND TO GOD TIER IN THE RISKIEST WAY POSSIBLE, SO I THINK HE DESERVES A BREAK FROM TIME BULLSHITTERY
SKYLLA: how’d it happen? didja get stabbed? been there. yya get used to it after the first couple, well, i’d sayy it took around 6 before i got used to it myyself.
KARKAT: I STABBED MYSELF WHILE SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO MY CORPSE FROM FEW DAYS PRIOR, ON A SLAB STOLEN FROM A PAST SGRUB SESSION VIA TIME TRAVEL
SKYLLA: must’ve been a hell of a moment, sorryy to hear yya had to, yy’know, kinda stab yyourself though.
SKYLLA: myy death was, a little gruesome if i’m honest.
KARKAT: YEAH WELL, IT IS WHAT IT IS.
KARKAT: I JUST REALLY DIDN'T WANNA ASK DAVE TO STAB ME, I FEEL LIKE IT WOULD'VE BEEN TOO FUCKED UP OF ME TO DO THAT.
KARKAT: ANYWAY, HOW DID YOU DIE?
SKYLLA: if i’m honest, a lil subconscious about what it left but, myy bodyy was ripped in half byy myy denizen. one of myy, acquaintances had to carryy myy upper bodyy to the cocoon while myy organs spilled out.
KARKAT: JEGUS
KARKAT: THAT'S... GRAPHIC, TO SAY THE LEAST
SKYLLA: yyeah, it wasn’t much of a heroic death. nor emotional. just, a death.
SKYLLA: it’s a tough battle bein’ alone darlin’.
KARKAT: WELL, EITHER WAY I'M GLAD IT WORKED AND YOU'RE ALIVE
SKYLLA: likewise, it’s nice to hear someone ‘ppreciatin’ myy existence.
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