I'm not your friend because you know how to speak English. If that were the case I'd be best buds with my goddamn mailman. I'm your friend because you dragged me into it.

[ he pauses there. decides to reword what he's about to say. anya, normally, can deal with the backwards way he tosses compliments around, but karkat figures she needs to hear something more direct right now. ]

I'm your friend because I like you as a person and that isn't going to change any time soon.