This was... not how it was supposed to go. Sure Karkat was angry, enraged really, and not without good reason. Gamzee had hurt people, and obviously intended to do more. So, why wasn't he doing anything now? No struggling, no yelling, nothing to protest this whole mess.
In fact, he was goading him on.
Karkat stared down at the clown beneath him: he stared at the hands around his neck, and the smile on his face. He was really doing it, wasn't he? Trying to strangle someone to death, and not for the first time. But Eridan - Eridan had at least put up a fight. Eridan had managed to shove him off! And then go hide, and...
...and...
"I can't."
The former troll pulled his hands free, arms shaking, and scrambled back away from his would-be victim. He tried to hide the noise that tumbled from his throat, entirely too akin to a soft sob. And maybe it was one. For as much as he had wanted to at the start, when truly faced with his actions, he didn't want to be a killer. Even if Gamzee and Eridan had done it first, at least in the Veil, would that make him any better?
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In fact, he was goading him on.
Karkat stared down at the clown beneath him: he stared at the hands around his neck, and the smile on his face. He was really doing it, wasn't he? Trying to strangle someone to death, and not for the first time. But Eridan - Eridan had at least put up a fight. Eridan had managed to shove him off! And then go hide, and...
...and...
"I can't."
The former troll pulled his hands free, arms shaking, and scrambled back away from his would-be victim. He tried to hide the noise that tumbled from his throat, entirely too akin to a soft sob. And maybe it was one. For as much as he had wanted to at the start, when truly faced with his actions, he didn't want to be a killer. Even if Gamzee and Eridan had done it first, at least in the Veil, would that make him any better?