Yeah, my calf muscles are already back to swole with all this pedestrian walking I've had to do. Felt like a real chump named Karkat this whole time.

[He leans back just enough to half-grin at him, answering:]

Things're looking up now.

[The way his eyebrows crease over his glasses may speak more about how hard it's been on him, but he's doing the thing where he doesn't want to over-worry Karkat.]