[ he can tell rin is just getting more nervous. if rin panics again, they may be fucked since it's hard to predict what someone would do when they're that revved up. and karkat doesn't know rin well enough to have a good understanding of what the other teen is like under a lot of stress.
there are a few options here. they can swim away, but karkat is the slower of the two and he's pretty sure that rin is the kind of person who would slow himself down for karkat's sake. like, he didn't have to intervene like he did in that wreck, he could have just let the actual experienced fighter take care of it, but he felt the need to help. and karkat doesn't want rin to do some type of self-sacrifice bullshit for him? that's a no.
they could attempt to fight off the stalkers, which is also a bad idea. rin may have a weapon now but he obviously does not know how to fucking use it. he might be able to injure a few creatures that get too close, but that's more ideally in an escape scenario rather than a battle one. there is no way he'll be able to do anything if they're legit taking the stalkers on?
so. ]
Do you see that big rock all the way over there? I want you to swim there, as fast as you can, and just fucking wait, okay? I'll meet you there in a few minutes. And before you ask, yes, I'm going to be bait. And no, this is non-negotiable and if I don't see you moving in the next ten seconds then I will feed you to the goddamn stalkers myself.
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there are a few options here. they can swim away, but karkat is the slower of the two and he's pretty sure that rin is the kind of person who would slow himself down for karkat's sake. like, he didn't have to intervene like he did in that wreck, he could have just let the actual experienced fighter take care of it, but he felt the need to help. and karkat doesn't want rin to do some type of self-sacrifice bullshit for him? that's a no.
they could attempt to fight off the stalkers, which is also a bad idea. rin may have a weapon now but he obviously does not know how to fucking use it. he might be able to injure a few creatures that get too close, but that's more ideally in an escape scenario rather than a battle one. there is no way he'll be able to do anything if they're legit taking the stalkers on?
so. ]
Do you see that big rock all the way over there? I want you to swim there, as fast as you can, and just fucking wait, okay? I'll meet you there in a few minutes. And before you ask, yes, I'm going to be bait. And no, this is non-negotiable and if I don't see you moving in the next ten seconds then I will feed you to the goddamn stalkers myself.