[The moment Karkat pulls away, Scratch lets the hand on Karkat's neck slip away as well. He isn't quite sure what stopped the troll, and for a moment thinks it may be attributed to the eyes of a Seer, but right now he doesn't care to think of those things.
Now that Karkat is far away enough, Scratch easily gets out of the gurney and grabs the collar of Karkat's shirt. Then he uses his strength to lift the troll up with that one arm alone, high enough so that he can make eye contact with him. Getting him while he was down on the bed was one thing. Like this he knows Karkat won't have the strength to lift the manacles up enough to hit him now.
And so many thoughts are swarming through his mind and he just wants to bash Karkat's head in for throwing the first punch. He was so content to leave the boy alone. To leave all of them alone. To just tolerate their existence and that was it. Just as anyone would do to an ant. It was so illogical why they would ever think of wanting more than that (but they aren't ants after all--) and he is sure he will never understand it. Not with all the omniscience of all universes combined could he ever understand them fully.]
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Now that Karkat is far away enough, Scratch easily gets out of the gurney and grabs the collar of Karkat's shirt. Then he uses his strength to lift the troll up with that one arm alone, high enough so that he can make eye contact with him. Getting him while he was down on the bed was one thing. Like this he knows Karkat won't have the strength to lift the manacles up enough to hit him now.
And so many thoughts are swarming through his mind and he just wants to bash Karkat's head in for throwing the first punch. He was so content to leave the boy alone. To leave all of them alone. To just tolerate their existence and that was it. Just as anyone would do to an ant. It was so illogical why they would ever think of wanting more than that (but they aren't ants after all--) and he is sure he will never understand it. Not with all the omniscience of all universes combined could he ever understand them fully.]
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