[Karkat pointedly looks away from her. It's nice that she's missed talking to him too, but he'd sooner keep his mouth shut on any stupid words that might want to come out.]

[But that is a question there.]

Aggravated about this dumb curse, since as you might have guessed it's not my idea of a wicked funtimes party hullabaloo to be forced into saying things I don't plan on letting out. It's even been messing with my metaphors, because scientists forbid I make exaggerated and non-literal claims about things that annoy me!

[He shoots a glare up domewards, though he frankly has no clue where they are.]

Have you had it better than me at least?