[Sitting opposite them and cracking open that stupid bottle of fitness water, Carolina takes a swig before she comes up with a conversation. Now, this isn't posturing. She isn't trying to look cool. This toolish behavior comes to her like breathing.
She is her parents' child, after all.]
So, Karkat. We haven't talked before now-- what've you been up to?
[Despite her military-ingrained behavior, she isn't stupid. It's an innocuous question as far as she knows-- measured, because--]
What pokémon have you been raising?
[--because she isn't asking about who he is, or what he did before he showed up here. Just starting a little small-talk as though the two of them were privates on chorus.]
no subject
She is her parents' child, after all.]
So, Karkat. We haven't talked before now-- what've you been up to?
[Despite her military-ingrained behavior, she isn't stupid. It's an innocuous question as far as she knows-- measured, because--]
What pokémon have you been raising?
[--because she isn't asking about who he is, or what he did before he showed up here. Just starting a little small-talk as though the two of them were privates on chorus.]