onepissedoffcancer:

Shit, I know that feeling. I mean, I would’ve wished my mom were to have been.. killed before I got to spend so much of my life with her. It’s always harder when you’ve had something for so long to have it snatched away from you in an instant. 

I think about it a lot though, if it hadn’t happened when it did, would I still be where I am? Would I have met my best friend, moved in with him for college? Life just likes to fuck with you and then try and patch you up with other shit to make up for what it does to you.

-You stretch your right arm above your head, still hesitant on moving the left, and let out a slight groan.-

I just don’t know what I could do for you. Might have to give me some ideas.

Right.  Either that or a more gradual loss.  If I had lost my sight over the course of four years, I think it would have been very different than the immediate trauma of having stripped away from me overnight.

You’re right, though; there’s no telling how such a different experience could have informed our lives.  I certainly wouldn’t have met many of the people I met, and my relationship with my brother would be completely different, I’m sure.

You muse at potential favors that Karkat could do for you.

Well, I do like reading, but there are some titles I simply haven’t been able to find published as audiobooks or in Braille.  Perhaps you could read one to me.