Exactly, I did it to myself. You couldn't manage this.
[this time around, Rin notices that Karkat is aggressively avoiding looking at him, which is strange considering most people would be fussing. Karkat isn't a fusser, per se, but he does tend to look out for Rin more often than not when they're training, so it's a little out of character]
[Rin recalls how Karkat had acted in the fight with the sharks, and the last time he'd been bleeding around him, and something clicks]
-- Hey, do you have, a thing? About blood?
[as value-neutral as possible, given the current situation]
no subject
[this time around, Rin notices that Karkat is aggressively avoiding looking at him, which is strange considering most people would be fussing. Karkat isn't a fusser, per se, but he does tend to look out for Rin more often than not when they're training, so it's a little out of character]
[Rin recalls how Karkat had acted in the fight with the sharks, and the last time he'd been bleeding around him, and something clicks]
-- Hey, do you have, a thing? About blood?
[as value-neutral as possible, given the current situation]