[Oh the failures Dirk could tell you about, Karkat. The terrible, horrifying failures.]

Huh, I just imagined her and Rose raising them all as little tentacle-loving sesquipedalian-mad fashionistas. [It seemed like the reasonable next step. But apparently not?]

I don't know. From what Dave has told me, you have a pretty appropriately critical perspective on your species. I can't say that guarantees the wisest choice of custodian for a culture reborn, but I think it puts you in a much better person than someone who would blindly accept all aspects of their society.

[Also, Karkat, here, take this pile. Thanks.]