[A guilty look soon crosses Karkat's face because guess who's probably rubbed at his frostbite when he shouldn't, but he gives a firm nod to show his understanding.]

Okay. Seems pretty straightforward.

[Mostly, anyway, although he does wonder how the fuck he's going to be able to talk Pounce into letting him breathe on him. Whatever, he'll figure something out. As to the rest—]

We got turned around, so we're back in the... fuck. Near the school? In the house with all the romance novels.

[Erotic romance is still romance, shut up, John, you cannot police his reading habits. He'd even say as much if things weren't so dire, but since they are, he merely frowns.]

I think I remember something about a house with hot water around here, but I don't remember where it is.

[Besides that it's also near the school, but what isn't? The school is huge.]