[she takes a sec to think about the rock-throwing advice and her stance sort of changes, relaxes as much as she ever does relax when she's in this mindset. she won't throw a third yet, but she will listen to karkat. since he's meeting her where she needs to be, it's easier to take him seriously. especially when it comes to the part about seeking validation. looking for some confirmation that she isn't alone. that she's not the only one who feels this way.]

Course I want to listen. [that's not much of a surprise, or at least she doesn't want to.] I keep all my shit inside my chest until I die. That's how it works. Something gets bad enough to get me to spill it online, it has to be big.

[she looks out on the ocean and keeps her ears open. the waves should be a comforting presence, but right now it just reminds her more of the people she's left behind. maybe because they were the only background noise when she'd been talking to cloverfield.]

So you've lost people like this too? [everyone's lost people, anna. but she doesn't know how else to really qualify it.] Where you keep wondering what you could've done to change it, even though you know that's a stupid thing to wonder about?