[okay... so like. kind of right but not exactly. he would usually be more outright dismissive of the flub about romance vs friendship, but 1) Clarke was cool to him when she didn't need to be and 2) she's cute, sooooo...]

Lemme guess, Kar gavve you all that. [saying it like he wasn't literally panicking about being around Karkat the last time they talked...] Kismesitude -- black romance -- isn't just a symbiotic rivvalry, it's... wwell, yeah okay sure, but it's more than that. It's about balance. About knowwin' that there's someone out there wwhose only desire is to provve howw much more cunnin', smart, and powwerful they are than you. They force you to stay sharp, keep you from fallin' into some kinda flushed complacency wwhere you're fine bein' nothin' but coddled by some wwell-meanin' but inevvitably unbalanced matesprit.

But then you gotta havve an auspistice to keep lesser rivvals from infringin' on the bond shared betwween twwo kismesises. Otherwwise you're just gonna wwind up courtin' infidelity an' death.

[explaining things is hard. he just wants people to get it so he doesn't have to do the hard work! man, he really should just let Karkat and Nepeta handle this.]

Also, moirails aren't just best friends. It's wway more than that.