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Author commentary: Davesprite's answer to Dave's question also happens to be, word for word, the last line of dialogue in the entire story. And while the words are the same color, they aren't spoken by the same guy. Who could it be? Chances are, you already know. Why is it repeated at that moment? Let's just say that at this point in time, we are establishing these lines as a symbolic exchange between two cool guys who have decided to trust each other so absolutely that no particularly important questions need to be asked, nor do informative answers need to be provided.
Author commentary: This isn't actually the first time Dave's ever talked to Terezi. He had a conversation with her quite some time ago, where he thought she was six years old and was characteristically dismissive of her solicitations. So she didn't exactly accomplish nothing here, as Davesprite suggests. She managed the feat of getting him to take her seriously. In fact, she's why he has to be a bird forever now. That ain't nothing. In hindsight, it seems to me that Terezi's "skills of manipulation" mostly revolve around her ability to turn on a dime and become unsettlingly flirtatious with just about anyone. It's kind of ridiculous how quickly she gets Dave to completely stop caring about the facts that she tried to kill John and turned Dave into a bird forever. No, Dave. Awakening some "egregious homofantasy"... No. There's no way that's ever going to happen.
Song used: Bed of Rose's / Dreams of Derse by Mark Hadley
Song commentary: John had a "sleep and recover hp/mp" type theme, so I wrote one for Rose as well. Naturally it uses part of the theme from Aggrieve. When it came time to put it on the album, I didn't really want to leave it as short as it was, so I added the Dreams of Derse section to lengthen it, imagining what the cold, far orbit of Derse might be like.
Author commentary: Doomed Dave going back in time accomplished three very important things: it created Davesprite, it prevented John from getting killed, and apparently it also triggered Rose's dream self to wake up. All of these events are essential to the continuation of the alpha timeline. Which begins to suggest how complicated paradox space can get. Alpha timeline outcomes can depend entirely on the impact of events from doomed timelines, by way of time travelers going back in time, and effectively sacrificing themselves, to bring about necessary results. Later, Aradia takes this to an extreme with her lethal bot-splurge.