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GG: ok, my robot exploded GG: now what smart guy! CG: HOLY SHIT, IT'S HARLEY CG: COMMUNICATING WITH ME OUT OF NOWHERE OF HER OWN VOLITION CG: HOLD THAT THOUGHT WHILE I GO INFORM MY DISGRACE OF A CLOWN FRIEND ABOUT THIS TRUE REAL LIFE MIRACLE, IT MIGHT LIFT HIS SPIRITS

Oh, god. The last thing Jade's psyche needs right now is a conversation with early Karkat.

GG: will you just tell me what you wanted? CG: I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. CG: I DIDN'T TELL YOU TO CONTACT ME, NOT THAT I'M NOT TICKLED BY THE SURPRISE.

Future Karkat should remember this conversation - which means he knew he was leading Jade to his uncooperative past self. Presumably when he's cooled off a little, he'll actually start to be helpful.

CG: YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T CONTACT THE RIGHT ME. GG: what does that mean! CG: I MEAN FUTURE ME IS PROBABLY THE ONE TO TALK TO ABOUT THIS.

...or, because Karkat is allergic to simplicity, he's going to act as a go-between for his own future self.

John, Dave, Jade and Future Karkat vs Karkat! Let's go!

Do I even need to open the Pesterlog? I feel like I've just been told everything I need to know.

CCG: IT WAS HILARIOUS WATCHING YOU GROW UP. CCG: YOU THOUGHT YOU HAD ALL THE ANSWERS, FROLICKING ALL OVER YOUR ISLAND BEING INFURIATINGLY CHIPPER, BUILDING ROBO-BUNNIES LIKE A MORON AND ULTIMATELY RUINING EVERYTHING. CCG: YOU WERE SO SURE YOUR DREAMS TOLD YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEEDED TO KNOW. CCG: AND NOW LOOK AT YOU

I wouldn't call it hilarious. In retrospect, Jade's overreliance on Prospit's clouds makes perfect, tragic sense.

Jade Harley was a traumatized child living alone on an island, and Skaia was the only thing in her life that provided her with any reassurance whatsoever.

packed waves

@abstract-challenge/January: Packaging