"Dipper." He was a kid. He was just a kid, but already he'd seen and gone through so much. Way more than anyone his age should ever experience. And that was just recalling the stuff and missions they'd gone through on this universe. All she could really know of his time before that was what he had to say. And from the sound of it all, it sounded just as messed up.

"Mabel, she... She can make her own choices. We all have our choices to make. Some of them screw us up a lot. And some we wish we could take back every day. Hell, I'm no different." God no.

"Whether or not you think she deserves better, that's up to her to decide, and something tells me she'd still pick to follow you wherever. So just..."

So much blood.

"Damn it, stay with me over here." She asked, pleaded, taking a chance and gripping his shoulders.