[Ouch. He knew that was true, but still. Ouch. He pulls the edges of the blanket tighter around his shoulders, as though trying to shield himself.]

Aside from that...there's the fact that I don't really feel that way about her. Or I guess, more accurately, I don't know what that's supposed to feel like. I'm not a troll. And nobody's bothered to give me the full rundown of troll romance but even if they had I still don't think I could actually understand it beyond just simple definitions. And that's not really fair to Vriska. If I say yes, it would only be because I don't want to hurt her feelings. And in a way, that would be worse than rejecting her. She deserves someone who actually gets it and can actually return those feelings. And I can't do that. I don't know if I will ever be able to do that.

I don't want to break her heart anymore than I already have, but it seems like that's inevitable no matter what I do.