[[Mentioning Karkat, even if she isn't by name, seems to perk him up and the energy that he's been otherwise missing is revived in the thought of someone saying a positive about Karkat.]]

Yeah he's here. Karkat's a good guy, loyal as fuck friend and fun. Funny.

[[He takes a moment and a little longer smirk pulls at his lips, fondly at least.]]

And always angry sounding. And always sarcastic sounding. But when you actually need someone who gives a fuck about you, he's the first one there. No homo but he's a fuckin' amazing guy.

[[Don't let him tell you about Homestuck Karkat. They'll be there forever. He doesn't mind about the pause, music is important and it conveys a lot about a person. Not that Dave actually judges something like that aside the joke of saying he does.]]

Pop's good. It's an easy remix if you want somethin' harder or to play around with tone. They got a lot of good pop songs. Whoever 'they' are, anymore. But rock, huh? You like any of that, too? I can't see you being a metalhead. Or maybe I can, I don't know what your hair looks like when it's not slithering but I'm sure I could get the grove of seein' you whip it around to some GWAR.

[[He's doing a bit of light teasing, but if Dave isn't at least rambling at someone he sure doesn't like them.]]