I was, yes. Though he doesn't remember it now due to Johto and time bullshit, so it's a bit of a non-issue. But again, John is the focus of this conversation.

[[Letting the cat curl around her foot, she took a breath as she tried to figure out how to handle this.]]

See...Karkat explained it minimally to him before, and he didn't get how it was a relationship then. I've tried explaining it to him a few times now, and while he understands it far better now, he still...seems not to fully grasp it.

So my first piece of advice is to have as much patience with him as you can muster. Be willing to sort of help him figure out that what he's doing is right. Especially since Moirallegiance mirrors close friendship to humans so much, and therefor he would probably easily confuse the two. That just might make him feel as though he's being inadequate and only being a friend rather than a Moirail.

He also has a few concerns I thought I'd make you aware of, so you might know how to handle them should they come up in your conversation with him. His biggest dealing with timelines.