Hoping for a positive reception, Cynthia watches Karkat's face with a smile. She's worked so hard on these complicated princess outfits, and surely others will see that.

When he speaks, her expression turns from hopeful and optimistic to just plain offended. "Hey!" she says, ticked off that he would insult her designs like that. "It's completely obvious what's going on in all of these; you're just not looking at them intensely enough!" The intensity of his gaze is definitely the problem.