[He's pretty sure this is going to go about as smoothly as an ocean in a typhoon, but Karkat's raised a pretty good point. Maybe someone should check on Dave and see how things are going.]
hey, dave, you okay?
[Someone should probably have told him to be a little more specific. Too late now.]
text message-- backdated to when Rose and them left
hey, dave, you okay?
[Someone should probably have told him to be a little more specific. Too late now.]
text message
[he will always be the escapist and that indirectness gives him the perfect path to get away free]
[...but this is john, and john is dave's best friend, and there are few safe places Dave has left in Holly Heights -- the heir is one of them]
i mean
fuck ok
this is about rose right im assuming its about rose anyway
text message
[To tell him who pushed him to text or not to tell him, that is the question.
Maybe not.]
just wanted to see how you were holding up, and... yeah.
this whole situation sucks, huh?
text message
ive never been able to NOT talk to her
ever