[ karkat waits until dirk is sat down before turning his attention back to naoko, his hands folded over his chest. JUST YOU AND ME NOW, LADY, AND NO ANNOYING CHILD GOD TO ACT AS BUFFER... ]

I am going to just say outright that I'm not here to gossip about coding or whatever, even though that is a thing I am totally interested in and can do.

[ hint hint. ] I want you to tell me about the war.