[Things would be so much easier if John was the kind of god from Amaterasu's world. Ever since being turned into a god himself, however temporarily, Karkat has had a natural (if semi-vague) understanding of her meaning via having experienced a godly mindset. It's weird, sure, but it's undeniably helpful; and it means that talking to regular, speechless animals this week is that much more of a pain.]
[Karkat waits, frowning and impatient, as this bat sorts out how to make it clear. That he does know him is perhaps the only reason he bothers to give him the time of day at all, particularly when he rushes off to the nearby shop. (It's hard not to try to swat him out of the air again.) It's hard too not to wander back over to that enticing arrangement of coral branches and get back to climbing, according to his feline brain. But he stays there, still, and eventually the bat returns.]
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[Karkat waits, frowning and impatient, as this bat sorts out how to make it clear. That he does know him is perhaps the only reason he bothers to give him the time of day at all, particularly when he rushes off to the nearby shop. (It's hard not to try to swat him out of the air again.) It's hard too not to wander back over to that enticing arrangement of coral branches and get back to climbing, according to his feline brain. But he stays there, still, and eventually the bat returns.]