Karkat narrowed his eyes at Ishida as he went on, certain that the teen was trying to take him for a fool at least about the first part. He'd watched John and the others plenty and he'd never seen them turn rainbow colors or heard them talk about turning rainbow colors. Unfortunately, it was hard to tell whenever his roommate was joking, since he didn't look any different in those cases from when he wasn't (and that was more than a little infuriating).

Then of course he had to go and make a comment about how strong he was, or close enough to it. It wasn't as though Karkat was a weakling himself, and if he was transformed into some sort of monster he was likely to be even more powerful. ...Except now he was being insulted that someone thought they could take on a form he hoped not to become at all. The night was already looking to be wonderful.

Anyway, he didn't like the idea of being alone whether or not he'd been stuck by some mysterious needle, but this was as good of an excuse as any. He nodded. "I've got better night vision than you guys, anyway. You'll never get anywhere just having to follow worthless points of light along the ground the whole way."