Got it in one. I was really good at it, I'll have you know? None of them suspected a fuckin' thing. I mean, they thought Bro was weird because I couldn't really sell the puppet thing as like...well they all thought that was creepy. But even the people who literally got to see that bullshit in realtime bought my story, you know? Terezi thought I was mourning him when I found his body.

[ maybe he was? it was more shock than anything else, though. he hadn't liked bro, but bro had been unbeatable and it was just...sure a thing. to realize he'd never get any sort of closure, he'd never measure up because the measuring stick had broken, and there was no chance of anything at all. ]

Then I met you and actually talked about shit. I'm holdin' you responsible.

[ the thing he keeps coming back to is "maybe it is okay that i am sometimes not okay and am upset?" and yes komaeda sure did. backtrack that idea real fast. ]

The stupid thing is I was so sure for half a minute no one could take that stupid-ass idea away from me and then it was like no, you're being dumb and broken and unreasonable again, Dave. Duh. Hey, want to read that stunning journey into my psyche as well? All idiotic things come in threes. Though I'm pretty sure I was just...all over in the wrong there. I'm probably still in the wrong right now.