His eyes do reopen, and he catches her blinking as she writes her message. It makes his heart ache. It's a hard thing, having to face betrayal and hurt, but it means more to him still that she believes what he's said. Some part of him is worried still that people won't, and he dreads what might happen when he inevitably talks to people who were closer to him.

For now, though, Karkat nods. "Please."

He'd like one, honestly, and he feels nervous and jittery still after everything. It's hard not to be shaken just by what happened, but that weird patch of memory beyond the door that he can't recall makes it worse still. But Nill is calm and solid and present; she's his reminder that at least those days of imprisonment are done with.