[Eridan shrugs.] It seems fine to me. Wwe're not supposed to be killin' each other anywway, an' there's supposed to be at least some trust invvolvved, isn't there? Any quadrant's like that. I don't hate you any less, if that's wwhat you're wworryin' about.

[He's talking a little bit out of his ass, as he's always gone to Karkat for relationship advice, and if Kar thinks it's weird, maybe it is weird? He's sure as hell not going to admit it, though. He has two quadrants filled, which means he's totally NOT a fuckup, and it means he misjudged the whole hopeless thing. Probably. Even though it was pretty hopeless at the time. Ok, he didn't misjudge it, because he didn't have all the time he's had in the City and here. Good. He's still right.]