[amusement, curling at the edges, if distracted -- a telekinetic laugh at Karkat's hautiness. he really gets a kick out of this guy's insistence on trash talk]
Wait, what's superior about your physiology?
[Rin's grandma was pretty badass, as far as his prepubescent self was concerned, so he probably won't correct Karkat's misimpression. Rin in turn understands the "sea dwelling troll" mention, having heard there's a girl who mostly sleeps under the base instead of it. to be fair, it's kind of self-explanatory]
[more metal gets pushed and piled onto the drone; Rin doesn't know what half of this technology is, and has no words to describe the functions they might have played, before this place was a wreck to pick apart. some things he doesn't load onto the drone, but puts into a medium sized bag unfolded at his waist -- shiny things, organic things, mechanic things, small and intricate and maybe useful down the line. maybe that engineer guy can figure out what some of this stuff actually is]
Are you a mountain troll, or... something? If there's types.
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Wait, what's superior about your physiology?
[Rin's grandma was pretty badass, as far as his prepubescent self was concerned, so he probably won't correct Karkat's misimpression. Rin in turn understands the "sea dwelling troll" mention, having heard there's a girl who mostly sleeps under the base instead of it. to be fair, it's kind of self-explanatory]
[more metal gets pushed and piled onto the drone; Rin doesn't know what half of this technology is, and has no words to describe the functions they might have played, before this place was a wreck to pick apart. some things he doesn't load onto the drone, but puts into a medium sized bag unfolded at his waist -- shiny things, organic things, mechanic things, small and intricate and maybe useful down the line. maybe that engineer guy can figure out what some of this stuff actually is]
Are you a mountain troll, or... something? If there's types.
[is that a rude question?]
[maybe not, but the trash talk following is]
So that's why you couldn't keep up...