Signless does better yet by talking strategy, for all it was Karkat himself who asked. At the end he nods his agreement. "Smart. I've been moving, too, as much as I can stand. Staying in one place too long just feels like asking something to come find you, and when it does, how would you know where to go?"

He doesn't have a perfect map in mind or anything, and there's been more than once that an ill-timed attack has gotten him lost, but he's at least figured the gist of what he's doing.

Speaking of which.

"You're not used to puzzle shit, are you?" he asks before turning to the room at large. It's not like Sgrub - not near enough pictographs of lizards and amphibians - but the idea's the same. "Let me help. I was headed this way anyhow, and I had to deal with enough of this frustrating pork ablution that I can probably figure it out without too much trouble."