"Oh thank fuck." Karkat's shoulders slumped out of the tense hold they'd wound up in, and a grateful sigh left his mouth. It might not have been the kindest response to what Phillip had said, but knowing this man wasn't another fan here to bug him was a relief too great not to express.

"Karkat Vantas. The whole thing was awful and no, I don't want to talk about the specifics, so don't ask on that subject," he rattled out, tone much more natural. "I'm from a planet called Alternia in a completely different universe from this or any Earth."