Okay. Go ahead...

Would you like to be my date to Homecoming?

[There's a moment's silence. On the one hand, she is a little flushed for him. On the other...she's the only one who actually believes Eridan's capable of, well, not being a douchebag. This makes things hard for her.]

I...I need a little time to decide. I'm sorry I can't glub an answer right away - reely sorry. But things are a little complicated right now and I need to clear my head because it's kinda swimming right now.

[oh. Well that's... a little disconcerting.]

Yeah, thure.

I - I'm reely sorry. I feel like whale shit on the bottom of the ocean, I reely do, but I...I just need a little time.

It'th fine, really.