[Karkat had a hand up, ready to shut Dave up if he started counting the seconds for real. He did that sometimes, Karkat was pretty sure it was just to annoy him, but he wasn't feeling up to another inane argument about dumb shit that didn't matter right now.]

That's exactly what happened to me. I thought we were getting the rug pulled out from under us like the last damn time we almost won this shitty game, but I guess this must be real.

I just don't get how this can be real. Or why no one else is here. They were all on the platform, right? So why the fuck just us?