[Terezi's response takes a little. That 'tip' is nothing light to give, and she has to wonder how true it is, how he knows it, whether it's been tested. Her fingers brush the slit in her shirt where her own sword cane pierced. Hopefully she won't have to learn it the hard way.]
1 W1LL K33P TH4T 1N M1ND 1N C4S3 1 3V3R 3ND UP 1N YOUR WORLD SOM3HOW FORTUN4T3LY 1 4M NOT N3W TO H4NDL1NG MONST3RS! BUT TH3 4NSW3R TO YOUR QU3ST1ON 1S 4 L1TTL3 MOR3 COMPL1C4T3D TH4N TH4T YOU S33, OR1G1N4LLY 1 COM3 FROM 4 PL4N3T C4LL3D 4LT3RN14 1T W4S D3F1N1T3LY D4NG3ROUS! BOTH TH3 TROLLS L1V1NG TH3R3 4ND 4LMOST 3V3RY OTH3R CR34TUR3 W3R3 QU1T3 D34DLY 3V3N W1THOUT 4DULTS ON TH3 PL4N3T YOU S33, W3 W3R3 R41S3D BY TH3 MONST3RS 4ND 4DULTS 4LL L3FT TH3 PL4N3T TO H3LP CONQU3R TH3 G4L4XY BUT 3V3N YOUNG TROLLS COULD 4ND D1D 3NG4G3 1N V1OL3NC3 OR W3R3 CULL3D F1RST 1F TH3Y W3R3 D33M3D UNF1T TO SURV1V3 BUT 1 4M SUR3 YOU MUST H4V3 NOT1C3D 1 4M SP34K1NG 1N TH3 P4ST T3NS3 H3R3 TH3 TH1NG 1S, 4LT3RN14 NO LONG3R 3X1STS 4ND H4S NOT FOR SOM3 T1M3 4T L34ST NOT 1N TH3 S3NS3 1T D1D WH3N W3 L1V3D TH3R3 1NST34D MY FR13NDS 4ND 1 W3R3 1NVOLV3D 1N 4 G4M3 C4LL3D SGRUB 1T W4S LONG 4ND COMPL1C4T3D 4ND WH4T W4S SUPPOS3D TO H4PP3N GOT D3R41L3D B3C4US3 OF 4 BUNCH OF D1SP4R4T3 Y3T 1NT3RCONN3CT3D M1ST4K3S 4ND WH1L3 W3 W3R3 TRY1NG TO F1X 1T 4ND F1ND 4 W4Y TO W1N 4NYW4Y 4 BUNCH OF OTH3R DR4M4 TURN3D 3V3RYTH1NG 1NTO 4 M4SS1V3 MULT1D1R3CT1ON4L F1GHT B3TW33N B4S1C4LLY 3V3RYON3 WHO W4S NOT 4LR34DY D34D 4ND 3V3N SOM3 WHO 4LR34DY W3R3 SO MY D34TH 1S NOT B3C4US3 OF TH3 D4NG3R OF MY WORLD OR TH3 G4M3 1TS3LF BUT B3C4US3 OF TH3 P3OPL3 1N 1T >:/
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1 W1LL K33P TH4T 1N M1ND 1N C4S3 1 3V3R 3ND UP 1N YOUR WORLD SOM3HOW
FORTUN4T3LY 1 4M NOT N3W TO H4NDL1NG MONST3RS!
BUT TH3 4NSW3R TO YOUR QU3ST1ON 1S 4 L1TTL3 MOR3 COMPL1C4T3D TH4N TH4T
YOU S33, OR1G1N4LLY 1 COM3 FROM 4 PL4N3T C4LL3D 4LT3RN14
1T W4S D3F1N1T3LY D4NG3ROUS!
BOTH TH3 TROLLS L1V1NG TH3R3 4ND 4LMOST 3V3RY OTH3R CR34TUR3 W3R3 QU1T3 D34DLY
3V3N W1THOUT 4DULTS ON TH3 PL4N3T
YOU S33, W3 W3R3 R41S3D BY TH3 MONST3RS 4ND 4DULTS 4LL L3FT TH3 PL4N3T TO H3LP CONQU3R TH3 G4L4XY
BUT 3V3N YOUNG TROLLS COULD 4ND D1D 3NG4G3 1N V1OL3NC3
OR W3R3 CULL3D F1RST 1F TH3Y W3R3 D33M3D UNF1T TO SURV1V3
BUT 1 4M SUR3 YOU MUST H4V3 NOT1C3D 1 4M SP34K1NG 1N TH3 P4ST T3NS3 H3R3
TH3 TH1NG 1S, 4LT3RN14 NO LONG3R 3X1STS 4ND H4S NOT FOR SOM3 T1M3
4T L34ST NOT 1N TH3 S3NS3 1T D1D WH3N W3 L1V3D TH3R3
1NST34D MY FR13NDS 4ND 1 W3R3 1NVOLV3D 1N 4 G4M3 C4LL3D SGRUB
1T W4S LONG 4ND COMPL1C4T3D 4ND WH4T W4S SUPPOS3D TO H4PP3N GOT D3R41L3D B3C4US3 OF 4 BUNCH OF D1SP4R4T3 Y3T 1NT3RCONN3CT3D M1ST4K3S
4ND WH1L3 W3 W3R3 TRY1NG TO F1X 1T 4ND F1ND 4 W4Y TO W1N 4NYW4Y
4 BUNCH OF OTH3R DR4M4 TURN3D 3V3RYTH1NG 1NTO 4 M4SS1V3 MULT1D1R3CT1ON4L F1GHT B3TW33N B4S1C4LLY 3V3RYON3 WHO W4S NOT 4LR34DY D34D
4ND 3V3N SOM3 WHO 4LR34DY W3R3
SO MY D34TH 1S NOT B3C4US3 OF TH3 D4NG3R OF MY WORLD OR TH3 G4M3 1TS3LF
BUT B3C4US3 OF TH3 P3OPL3 1N 1T >:/