"Relax, dude. I never said I thought you were circus." Dirk hasn't even looked at him. "I was talking about everyone else, so take it down a goddamn notch."

But when Karkat mentions 'Sgrub', is when Dirk finally decides to look over at him, pulling himself into a sitting position as he does so. He's a bit surprised to see that he's a troll, but whatever. He's just gonna roll with it, because why should he be surprised when everything else is fucked up as it is? "If you mean Sburb, then since a while ago."