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[The feed starts out with a bit of static, but it wears off soon enough with Vanitas talking.]

Out of Mt. Mortar, starting now.

[Off to the side, his tone goes sour.] Now, you're learning how to freaking swim, and we're taking the other route next time. You got that?

I don't see what the bulge fondling deal was. We made it out just fine!

You're learning how to swim. Deal with it.

So, essentially, what we have here is you not wanting to confront your fears so you're more or less attempting to force me to do what doesn't come fucking naturally to anyone indigo on down?

Don't know what you're talking about, and I'm not looking for a lesson this time. While you're here, you're human, and humans can freaking swim.

You don't know what I'm talking about... How about I shove you the merry fuck back in there and sit my Lapras in front of the goddamn exit? What then?

[There's dead silence for a moment, before the sound of a fist hitting a face. Yeahh. The network gets a few audio cues that tell of a fistfight going down, before the gear is dropped and it cuts out.]

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You say that like he didn't fight back.

[Hi lightstuff.]

There wouldn't be retaliation if somebody didn't start it first, right?

Betting you'd be right.

Are you alright?

He deserved it.

Yes. [SRY LINK.] Mountains suck. That's all.

They can be dangerous. It's sometimes necessary to travel them though.

Sorry. Vanitas is uh...

[Just about everything he isn't, which means he's not the gentle sort]

Are you okay?

It sounds like he's trying to help you though.

Not when there's another route that just requires crossing a few lakes.

He's not helping me. He was adamant about going through Mt Mortar. [YOU KNOW MY FEELS ABOUT THAT PLACE.] So now he's going to learn to swim, so he won't feel like he has to go in there again.

There's some merit to exploring.

Not when rocks are constantly falling. The tunnel should be condemned.

There weren't any incidents though, right? Was it any fun traveling with a friend?

[He will find some silver lining, just you wait]

.... No, there weren't any incidents. I don't know the other two guys all that well but Karkat is kind of normal. [For him. So, aggressive and mouthy.]

THANK YOU!

[He'll take that as "Karkat's a friend, I just won't say so"]

Then it wasn't all bad, was it?

He's like 2, I know.

[ snorts. ]

Besides. He throws a punch like a wounded musclebeast.

Or better maintained. But it's better to be able to deal with it than not.

Was there anything interesting in that tunnel? I haven't been there, myself.

No. Just in the stupid mountain. [HATES DAT MOUNTAIN, LIGHTSTUFF.]

No one maintains it, and I'm certainly not going to start that kind of project. It can cave in for all I care.

[He has no idea what that is, but it sounds funny]

He used to give me a pretty good wallop back home, but I guess that just means you're tough.

It's good to make some positive memories, it gives the bad ones less power.

[And he knows that's his fault, but the mountain didn't target him, darkstuff]

I'll have to look into it sometime.

[If no one else is going to do it, he feels like he has to]

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