It showed initiative, but Di did had to wonder just how much had gone wrong for Karkat to react like that. Had lives been lost? Cruel as it may seem, in any grand endeavor that was simply something to be expected. It wasn't something that ever became easy. More than anything, she could empathize with the guilt that came with being a survivor.

Looking at Karkat now she could recall so perfectly how Signless had been those days when their movement had turned, by not desire of their own into a revolution, and then outright rebellion. It made her blood pusher wrench and she was torn between giving encouragement and being factual. Neither seemed particularly good--she ended up either seeming insincere or cold-hearted.

"Are any of those trolls still with you?" She almost feared the answer, but it felt important to ask.