"Of course I tell them the truth. They wouldn't give it to me any other way. Karkat's determined to rescue you, did you know that?" Sollux doesn't even pause to switch the conversational gears. "But since you're always moving to a new location to test the shield at another point, I can't really tell him where you are. He'd be pretty bummed if he saw you, anyway."

He falls silent for a moment, then continues. "Why do you care about the other trolls, anyway? You don't remember a thing about them, and if I let you in you'd kill them if you could."