They turned out the way they did because things were...different. With Vriska alive and sort of dominating Pyrope's time and doing...everything. [ he hooks his chin over john's shoulder, sighing. ] I know you didn't mean to. Change us. It's not something you would ever try to do. You didn't have a choice any more than I ever did whenever another version of me had to go and change things. Any version - any version of us would always have cared about you. And maybe it wasn't what it should have been, but don't...it's not your fault the universe is dumb as fuck.