It's been about a week since he's brought Buffy back. He had sent her to Sollux as soon as they touched down to make sure her connection with Hypatia's network was effectively severed. From then on, it was a delicate process, trying to coax her organic mind to operate over the mechanical inorganic imposed on it for so long.

They've got her a room, though. It's small, sparely furnished. But when Karkat's not in meetings or trying to strategize, he visits her.

"Hey."