That hits her in the one quadrant she has left. But it doesn't override what happened.
She takes a deep, quaking breath, trying to do for herself what Karkat has always been there to do.] I can't talk to her, Eridan. I wouldn't-- someone would get hurt.
[She doesn't say whose fault it would be. Because honestly, it's just as likely to be hers as it is Feferi's.]
I'm sorry. I just-- [There's the sound of her claws scraping and catching the fabric of her sleeves as she holds herself more tightly.] I can't.
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That hits her in the one quadrant she has left. But it doesn't override what happened.
She takes a deep, quaking breath, trying to do for herself what Karkat has always been there to do.] I can't talk to her, Eridan. I wouldn't-- someone would get hurt.
[She doesn't say whose fault it would be. Because honestly, it's just as likely to be hers as it is Feferi's.]
I'm sorry. I just-- [There's the sound of her claws scraping and catching the fabric of her sleeves as she holds herself more tightly.] I can't.