If Karkat was skeptical, Lloyd was, too. While he was used to having a friend who constantly tripped over everything, he also knew that that same friend often tried to pretend that everything was all right and no one needed to worry even when she was slowly losing her humanity and preparing to sacrifice her life. The thought that Inoue might be sacrificing herself made him frown a bit.

"Are you sure?" He gave her a searching look. "You won't be able to help Ishida if you're too tired when we find him." He moved over to pick up the journal, flipping through the pages back to the maps Ishida had drawn. "He could stay here for a few minutes and make a plan for which way we want to go." And give her time to recover. That totally wasn't a transparent plan, though.

Still annoyed with Karkat's attitude, he huffed out a breath. "You know, you don't have to come with us if you don't want to. I just thought you would since you're Ishida's friend." Amazing how his mind made the jump from "roommate" to "friend," but there it was. Well, the other boy had come this far with them, and he had done what Ishida had asked.