Throughout the nights spent by his bed side, and the days spent comforting him as he coughed and coughed, and then bled some, Karkat never once faltered or flinched. Instead choosing to stick by his moirail, right until the end, even if Gamzee begged him to leave as the doctors prepared to put even more tubes and wires into the emaciated body, prepared to leave even more scars on the beaten troll.