If it weren't for the signifigance of those words, Gamzee may have pointed out that there had been blood in his hive too. Though, to be fair, most of it had been... well, nevermind. It wasn't important and there was a chance that no one had really searched his hive. Well, Karkat or Tavros might have, but if they hadn't mentioned it, then he wasn't going to. Hold on, now he was getting distracted.

The Capricorn took a moment to let this all settle in, his pan providing helpful (if not exaggerated) imagery of what Sollux had briefly described. Once the image and facts had fully settled in, indigo eyes drifted back to red and blue to stay, as he stared unblinking at the tense troll.

"Karbro, was strifed and then absconded?"

"No"

Sollux answered very flatly, a scowl inching its way across his face. "I do think he was strifed, but I don't think he managed to get away. At least not until a fucking sweep later when he showed up at my hive step, like I just fucking said," the yellow blood hissed, almost tempting to spit on the floor in disgust. Should he continue? Should he reveal that he knew for sure that Karkat had been tortured for an entire sweep? That he had fucking pictures and audio files as proof? No, then he'd have to reveal the source, which he stayed away from at all costs. That source was the whole reason they'd had to move.

"Apologies motherfucker, my pan isn't in higher forms of operating and literation like past happenstances," he rumbled, silently watching the troll's expression. Though honestly? It hadn't altered that much from when he first ran into Sollux in the halls. Gamzee was completely still by now, as the Gemini's reminder that Karkat was gone for a while, was added to his mental picture. His gaze did not wander, but they did become unfocused. "Uh... well Fuck." Yep, that was all he could think of as a response for that moment in time.

"Yeah, well fuck. And you know what? He's been doing better since then, doing better without you," He held up one hand here, to silence the Capricorn just in case. "I don't care for whatever reason you ran off for, I don't give a fuck, but when you did that, you made a goddamn choice to remove yourself from Karkat's quadrants, from his friendship. That's why I want you to stay the fuck away from him. Because he doesn't need you anymore." He paused again, teeth showing now in a snarl. "So just stay the fuck away from us, now that your curiosity is sated."

Now Gamzee was confused.

"Curiosity? Motherfucker, I wouldn't place such concerns over an ex-brother just for inquisitive inquiries. Sure, I got my wander away, but calm your fits, I wasn't going to go explanation central on you. You would have harsh tocks understanding anyway, and that was in no way an insult feeding. Just fact. Besides, just because a motherfucker relocated because of personal reasonings, doesn't mean he stops getting some care rolling."

"Are you fucking kidding me?" Sollux asked, looking at Gamzee now with a rather incredulous look on his face. "I know what it's like having a fucking moirail GZ, I've got fucking two of them. And I know for a fact that if AA had just up and disappeared never to be fucking seen again that I would hate her for abandoning me, and I know damn well she'd feel the same fucking way. After the worry passed, I'd never want to see her again, because I would fucking hate her so much for just leaving," He paused here, face going flat behind his eye ware, "it doesn't matter if you still care or not, because *he* doesn't."

Gamzee gave a shrug, "Brother, I'm in disagreements about that. If you had played dissapearances on death sister, and relocated back to find her in a situational problem, are you really informed that you would place ignorance over her presence and situation? You wouldn't wanna get your assist, or in the minimals, get a wonder about her?"

"I might be curious, but that's a fucking betrayal. Moirails are supposed to be there, supposed to help each other, YOU ran away. Fucking hell Gamzee. I'm done talking now, just stay the fuck away from me and Karkat both, I don't care what you do with your life, just as long as you stay away," The yellowblood stood, all too rapidly then.

The Capricorn blinked at Sollux, shooting right past what he said, up until the last sentence, "Well shit motherfucker, that isn't a thing that's going to happen."

Sollux shot right back around in a split second, teeth bared again. "What the fuck do you mean it isn't going to happen?! It's not that goddamn hard to just avoid us, either of us! I'm not letting you talk to him!"

"You will attempt to keep it from happening, but it will occur motherfucker. Recognition or not, I got desire to pass words with Karkat," he turned to fully face Sollux then, as relaxed and at ease as ever, while his hands slipped into his pant's pockets. Indigo eyes had not even blinked, but there was a change in them, as they slowly began to sharpen and clear. Though it was doubtful the lowblood noticed, blind as he was, when he became angered.

Sollux's eyes almost began to spark again, his fists clenching together. Jeeze did this guy fly off the fucking handle easily. But this was about Karkat, his possible best friend and kinda fake moirail but not really. "I don't fucking care if you want to, because it's not going to happen. I don't care how much fucking schedule hopping it'll take to avoid you, or if I need to put a goddamn chain on my dorm room door. You aren't talking to him."

"You won't have capabillities to stop me bro. I have as much intimidation of your wicked power lights, as you do of me. Except, it takes a gumption more hits to make a highblooded fucker like me snap all up into pieces." Gamzee did not let up in the slightest, did not either retreat nor advance. He merely stood his ground, without the slightest hint of uncertainty.

Sollux had to step back for a moment, not because he was intimidated, but because it finally hit him. Gamzee wasn't the same. This wasn't the bullshit asshole Karkat had for some reason been destined to become moirails with. No, Gamzee had changed a lot over the sweeps, but that didn't change the situation now. Bullshit clown or blossoming highblood, he didn't care. Instead, he calmed, rather dramatically quick actually, as if he knew something the highblood didn't. And he did. He could turn Gamzee's schedule into a living hell, move his dorm all the way across campus, keep the teachers busy with him, all just by messing around on one of the school computers. So he just smirked, eyes still sparking, but hands lax and calm now.

"What do you know about what I'm capable of? Maybe I've gotten better, maybe you have too, but you have no way of knowing until a fight actually happens, and I assure you that strifing me, no matter whose fault it was, will make Karkat never talk to you. Getting any of your highblood cronies to do it? Same fucking deal, he'd find out. Speaking of them, don't get them fucking involved, *THEY'RE* going to get curious and I swear to god gamzee if you get Karkat's secret out he's not the only one who's going to be strung up for culling."

"I only speak whispers of my brethren to assist, when the harsh findings of other motherfucker's blockade a brother form procuring chances. Don't have such cowardice poisoning pumper veins, that I wouldn't all up and face you my personal self. Despite what wicked assumptions you've had your think pan filled with, I got no intentions to see Karbrother drowned in harm and blood color hating fucker's set upon his troll figure. But petty threats don't set my skin to shiver and shake. Besides bro, I tried to invite reasonable happenings to happen, shit, even a single spew session with my ex-diamond motherfucker might have soothed some undefined pan shakers. But with all the harsh vibes your getting constant fire my way, what all the wicked ignorance stabbing you down into incompetence, unseeing to what the gumption truth's and possibilities might alight into existence for but a second chance, then I will all up and motherfucking act upon the playing cards dealt upon my surface rester. And if Karbro get's hatreds of me because of such actions, then, well fuck Solbro, how is that any all different from him having no pan wanderings of my existing presence? You got more to lose from performing vile happenings, than I motherfucker."

"That's the thing Gamzee, you don't fucking understand. Just because you're a highblood, just because they may or may not be your friends or you think they are, doesn't mean they won't get curious, doesn't mean they won't try and find out more about you trying to bother a pair of lowbloods. Highbloods get into each other's shit, that's a thing they do, and we have enough fucking with us already," was all Sollux said, his tone still just… dead and sour, as he turned, and left, practically slamming the library doors behind him.