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[selfhatred]

I
IT HATCHED


THE DRAGON EGG FINALLY HATCHED!

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[glaringprotego]

I'm so proud of you!

[selfhatred]

IT WAS YOUR ADVICE THAT HELPED.
YOU'RE THE BEST, MOM.

[Yep. He's so excited he doesn't realize what he just wrote.]

[glaringprotego]

[There's a long pause and maybe a drop or two fall on the paper before she hurriedly pens a reply]

You put it into motion dear
But thank you

[selfhatred]

[There's a couple of inkblots as he finally realizes what he said. His face is the deepest shade of red right now.]

I
UM
...THANK YOU.
IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU THAT I WAS ABLE TO DO IT THOUGH.
SO THANK YOU
M-MOM

[glaringprotego]

You're welcome sweetheart
And Happy Birthday <3
You should come by, I've a present for you

[selfhatred]

I'LL STOP BY AFTER EXAMS.
AND AFTER I HAND ARIEL BACK TO THE HEADMASTER I GUESS.

[and later on that afternoon there will be a knock on Di's door.]

[glaringprotego]

[Di opens it eagerly, and spying Karkat, she swoops down and kisses his cheek] Happy birthday again! I don't know if the journals count. How do you think you did on your exam?

[selfhatred]

[He makes a face at the kiss to his cheek before he shrugs, placing his hands into the pockets of his slacks.]

I think I did okay. Potions was a bitch though.

[glaringprotego]

[She gives a little tsk at his language, but doesn't make a big deal of it, nudging him to the chair that is the least fur covered and ducking behind her desk to pull out a fairly decent sized package]

Potions takes a finesse I never quite got, but keep at it! You might surprise yourself.

[selfhatred]

[Karkat sits down in the chair a little awkwardly. He's not exactly sure what she thinks of him calling her mom, so he nibbles on his bottom lip for a moment before she pulls out the package. That's...kind of bigger than Uncle Sal's present. Not that he was expecting anything really.]

I'm better at Charms since Latin and Spanish sound similar. [A pause.] What's the box for?

see, I got to it

[glaringprotego]

[She sets the box in his lap and grins] It's for you idiot. [It's affectionate really. She calls Sal and Art that all the time]

Go on open it! [It contains a dozen romantic comedy movies, all kept to PG-13 of course, varying in language between English and Spanish, and a small pile of similar looking books] Don't tell Sal or we'll end up having to watch have of these as a family and no one wants that.