[Damn it. He's in a conversation now, with someone who mostly looks like a human. He can't be a piece of shit right now, can he? Not when someone who's not trolling him back is sitting right there. Right. Human politeness.]

Karkat. [He gestures to the lobster festival with his ice cream cone.] My - what's the human word? Guardian. Parent, that's right. Whatever. He was a giant crab. So that's a line for me.