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no iit ii2n't ii2 iit.

So, what did you do to make Equius angry?

And don't pretend you didn't. I know how short his temper is.

ii told hiim he wa2 a 2hiitty moiiraiil whiich he ii2 2o ii'm not even goiing two take iit back.

And is that offensive?

[Because if he knows Equius, shouldn't he have ... expected this reaction...]

iit'2 only offen2iive iif you actually are a good one two begiin wiith.

So I'll take that as a yes, then

You really should've seen this coming, in that case.

... yeah ii know.
ii kiind of diid know he'd ruiin 2hiit, iit'2 why ii wa2n't iin there when ii 2aiid iit.

So you antagonize someone you know will probably wreck your stuff, and then ... complain about it

Seems reasonable to me

ii diidn't thiink he'd ruiin EVERYTHIING!!
ii wanted two pii22 hiim off, not completely de2troy all my furniiture!
whatever.
ii'll ju2t 2teal 2ome from an empty room.

I think I'm missing some sort of key element in your friendship here

Wanting to upset the person that you live with, I mean.

[She upsets Charles, but it's not ... on purpose.]

woah.
no.
we're not friiend2.
ii want hiim two hate me.
iit'2 ju2t a ha22le we liive 2o clo2e.

You -- want him to hate you why, exactly?

[Being hated sucks, man, take it from her]

god damn am ii goiing two have two explaiin thii2 agaiin.
ok fiine.
there are two kiind2 of hate for troll2.
platoniic.
and 2exual.
do ii have two elaborate further or do you get the piicture.

...you know what, I'll just ask Equius.

[What have you done, Sollux. What have you done.]

NO WAIIT FUCK DON'T TELL HIIM II 2AIID THAT.

Don't worry, I won't tell him that I'm asking because I heard you want to -- hate-bang him, okay?

[That would just be -- cruel.]

fiine but he'2 ju2t goiing two be nervou2 about iit.
reall iit'2 ju2t better iif you a2k me.
and iit'2 called beiing kii2me2ii2e2.
the quadrant ii2 called kii2me2ii22iitude.

[Okay, sometimes she can actually show she's more clever than people think.]

...yeah, I'd buy that.

So, quadrants -- sexual love, platonic love, sexual hate, platonic hate?

Just a guess.

ye2, e22entiially.
mate2priit2hiip, moiirallegiiance, au2pii2tiicii2m, and the one ii already mentiioned.
except love and piity are e22entiially the 2ame word iin alterniian.
the 2ame for friiend and enemy.
human language, ii've learned, liike2 two diifferentiiate a lot.

[Sudden ugly laughter -- fortunately, he can't hear it.]

I think love and pity can be the same thing as far as some people are concerned.

...probably the fiir2t tiime ii've gotten that reply when told thii2.

[The "Interesting" that would follow remains unsaid.]

I guess you've run into lucky people, then.

agaiin, debatable wiith my 2peciie2.
beiing piitiied ii2 a good thiing.
iit mean2 they are le22 liikely two kiill you.

That's probably true when it comes to people, too.

Death seems to be a -- big part of your life. Troll life, I mean. Generally.

Every 2weep, approxiimately 25% of our race ii2 culled due two variiou2 ciircum2tance2.
not obeyiing the law, not beiing 2trong enough two defend your2elf, iin2ultiing and/or botheriing 2omeone hiigher than you on the hemo2pectrum, etc.
2o yeah ii gue22 2o.

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