And now Karkat is being hugged by a giant clown. He stiffens, because the troll that's holding him is way too close in size and shape to the Initiate for comfort. "Nothing they haven't done to anyone else," he says, exasperatedly. "I'm as fine as I'm going to be here."

Fucking shit, it is Gamzee. And, considering the hug, a future Gamzee that was his moirail. Thanks a lot, Terezi, for telling him shit. You're a real pal.

"You know I'm from your past, right?" he says muffledly into Gamzee's chest.