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ROSE: This is an impressive shield.

ROSE: I don't think I've ever seen you make one this size before.

JADE: ive been practicing!

JADE: if i stay focused i should be able to keep it up for quite a while.

ROSE: Honestly, if it gets to be too much of a hassle, we should be fine as long as the kids stay inside.

ROSE: This ship was specifically designed to take a battering.

JADE: from artillery maybe

JADE: but who knows what kind of other nasty weapons jane has tucked away in her diabolical business pantsuit!

JADE: its not like she tells jake everything

JADE: or almost anything, really

JADE: when it comes to the kids id rather be safe than sorry

ROSE: Sure.

JADE: by the way

JADE: i saw kanaya leave earlier

ROSE: She's meeting Karkat on the field.

JADE: without you?

ROSE: Yes.

ROSE: She made it pretty clear that it wouldn't be wise for me to join her.

JADE: oh...

ROSE: Mhm.

ROSE: Some barb about the danger of me "Being Maimed Quite Viciously" on account of all humans looking the same once the bloodshed begins.

ROSE: Then she shot me a peace sign and walked away.

JADE: ugh, im sorry rose :(

JADE: this should never have happened

JADE: between yiffys capture and rescue and finding dave...

JADE: like that...

JADE: i just feel like my life flashed before my eyes and it made me a little crazy!

JADE: after being unconscious for a bit things feel way clearer now

ROSE: Nothing beats a rump to the skull for mental clarity.

JADE: the mistakes we made are so obvious to me now

JADE: embarrassingly obvious!

JADE: we should never have talked to john in front of kanaya, for one thing

JADE: they required way different approaches

ROSE: Oh, so that was the problem?

JADE: one of them at least

JADE: i definitely wasnt expecting you to say all THAT either

JADE: but i know she hit a sore spot so its understandable why you lost your temper

JADE: its my fault for panicking

ROSE: Interesting.

ROSE: I didn't even realize I was mad.

JADE: i mean

JADE: it brought me back to the last time i mentioned your mom and you flipped that table

ROSE: I was eighteen.

JADE: you didnt talk to me for a month!

ROSE: Eighteen years old.

JADE: yeah and i havent tried to talk to you about it since!

JADE: look all im saying is

JADE: i understand why things went downhill the way they did and im not going to get caught off guard again

JADE: this whole situation is my fault and even though it just keeps getting more frustrating and shitty im going to do right by you

JADE: were going to figure this out

ROSE: Are you sure it's prudent to keep this amateur marriage counselor performance up?

JADE: rose...

JADE: youre taking this seriously

JADE: right?

ROSE: I don't know what you mean by that.