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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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Then...try and be a sport about it, okay? Friends're great for good memories, and you know how to stay out of trouble in bad terrain.

Fine, whatever. Yeah, I do, and that's why I didn't want him going through the stupid mountain in the first place. Death trap waiting to happen.

But your friend's safe with you there to look out for him.

Just because I'm there doesn't mean the mountain is safe.

Safer with company than being alone.

He's traveling with a priss and a blind guy. So he's not really alone. [Prissy princess.]

Bet you're the one with the most survival skills, out of a group like that.

Maybe. Karkat's hardy himself, was a fighter on his world too. [Don't know bout the blind guy, but the priss obviously is just a prissy princess so Vani gives no cares really.]

Then you help each other. I'd say tha't even better.

[optimism will endure!]

I guess. Still don't like that I couldn't make them go the other way.

Maybe they'll try the other way next time. It'd only be fair.

Karkat is learning how to swim. So, they're going to. That's that. [HE WON'T ALLOW IT NEXT TIME, EVEN IF HE HAS TO BLOCK THE DOORWAY HIMSELF.]

Then it all works out, right?

I won't be satisfied until I see him swim from one end of the lake to the other.

Wouldn't that be a bit tough if he's never swum before?

That's why he's learning. He'll be able to when I'm done with him.

Just be careful. Sometimes pushing too hard doesn't end too well...

[Which, of course, Vanitas already knows for reasons]

I know. [He'll probably overstep a line somewhere anyway.]

Alright. Just figured I'd say it all the same.

Yeah yeah.

[He's saying it because it's what he'd say to a friend, but he won't go announcing that, it just seems like that'd be awkward to him]

So where're you headed?

[It would be.]

Mahogany. Karkat needs his badge.

At least the Rockets seem to have cleared out of that place.

Yeah. I remember I woke up there first.

I remember when that weird girl attacked us and dragged you off.

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