It was bad enough that Karkat's own emotions were on high. He'd been nervous on the way to the shack and his high strung emotions as of late weren't helped by the fact that Tavros was crying. He couldn't bear saying anything nasty to the other boy, not when he mattered so much to him. His heart ached, and the words 'fix it' sent something to his brain. Some kind of sign that this was where he could snap and let it go. Let it loose.

"There's nothing you can fucking do about it!" he yelled, his voice growing louder and louder towards the end of his sentence. He withdrew his hands from his pockets, gesturing wildly as he was prone to doing when he was annoyed or otherwise. "It's not your fucking fault, it's mine! I couldn't do any fucking thing to stop it from happening!" Oh crap. Karkat froze when he realized he'd said something and he shook his head. "I'm doing this for your own good, you ungrateful little piece of shit!"