THIS DREAM I HAD THOUGH. It was an AU where all the kids were the same and and Sburb never happened, and Davesprite and Lil Hal are these genetically mutated Strider twins that exist for some reason

Lil Hal is albino so he spent most of his time indoors and contacted Dirk and the other alphas only through text. At some point, he started feeling left out, or craving attention or something, and he started impersonating Dirk when talking to his friends. This obviously pissed Dirk off and eventually they just broke off contact with Hal

Then he was sort of found by Davesprite, who took him in as a roommate. And it was interesting because usually Dirk would be seen as the protective older brother, but in this case Davesprite was definitely protective of Lil Hal, which is understandable given the kid’s myriad of personal issues. And Rose was the only one of the “real kids” they really kept contact with. She’d drop in and hang out occasionally and AUGH FAMILY FEELINGS