[Another silence, this one significantly shorter and actually visible from Karkat's side of the Gear; it seems Sollux had opened it up to say something probably insulting and dismissive, but then reconsidered, and now Karkat is just watching him stare for a couple of seconds. Eventually, he speaks again.]

Fine, I'll do it. How sad would it be if the best surviving Alternian hacker can't even tell a girl he's flushed for her? [He laughs, kind of weakly, and then:]

...Thanks.