KARKAT: BYE! MAYBE TRY ACTING A LITTLE MORE GRACIOUS IN DEFEAT NEXT TIME. KARKAT: JUST A LITTLE ADVICE FROM ONE LEADER TO ANOTHER! KANAYA: Shes Gone I Think You Needed To Come Up With That Comeback A Little Faster KARKAT: YEAH KARKAT: DAMN KANAYA: I Think As A Friend It Would Behoove Me To Um KANAYA: Confide Somewhat KANAYA: About The Realities Of Pursuing Anything With Her KARKAT: WAIT KARKAT: WHAT?? KARKAT: KANAYA, YOU WEREN'T TAKING THAT PATHETIC JOKEY UNREQUITED BLACKROM STUFF SERIOUSLY, WERE YOU??? KANAYA: Lets Imagine That My Attitude Toward The Joking Or Non Joking Status Of That Is Perfectly Neutral KANAYA: While I Just Say These Things KANAYA: Aside From The Fact That She Literally Just Got Finished Telling Me She Wasnt Interested In Any Non Pale Relationships KANAYA: I Think That Would Be A Blind Alley Regardless KANAYA: I Admit This From Experience KANAYA: And Not Without Chagrined Hesitation KANAYA: But Only Frustration And Heartbreak Are Down That Road KARKAT: OH?? KANAYA: Shes Turned Out To Be A Tremendous Partner In Pale Relationships KANAYA: Maybe Even Um KANAYA: A Bit Freakishly So? KANAYA: But Anything Stronger Than That I Think Would Probably Be Disastrous KANAYA: She Is Way Too Focused And Self Absorbed To Maintain Such Strong Feelings For Long KANAYA: She Would Need To Learn To Let Go Of Some Of Her Ambition And Figure Out How To Prioritize The Feelings Of Other People KANAYA: She Might Even Figure Out How To Be KANAYA: Happy KANAYA: *Shudder* KARKAT: YEAH, WOW KARKAT: A CHILL JUST RAN UP MY POSTURE POLE, TRYING TO IMAGINE THAT. KARKAT: YOU KNOW... KARKAT: I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE EVER TOLD YOU. KARKAT: BUT YOU HAVE A REALLY IMPRESSIVE GRASP OVER ROMANTIC ANALYSIS. KANAYA: Well I Have Read A Lot Of Novels Too KANAYA: I Just Dont Brag Much About It KANAYA: Because It Would... KANAYA: Literally Be Preposterous To Do So KARKAT: WE SHOULD BE JAMMING ON THIS SUBJECT MORE. MAYBE EXPLORE SOME OF MY MORE ADVANCED THEORIES. KARKAT: WE'RE SURROUNDED BY AMATEURS IN THIS FIELD, SO IT GETS A BIT FRUSTRATING. KARKAT: WELL, THE MAYOR'S A GOOD SOUNDING BOARD AT LEAST. WHEN I WANT TO BOUNCE SOME OF MY MORE "OUT THERE" IDEAS OFF SOMEONE. KANAYA: Why Dont We Schedule An Academic Conference Some Time KANAYA: Just You Me And The Mayor KARKAT: OH FUCK YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!