Knock Out had thought Sollux would be satisfied with that answer, but the troll just keeps on asking. It's not that he doesn't enjoy an opportunity to flout his own expertise, but he's still finding his patience with the little organic. He's so used to just brushing them off...or killing them. Either or.

"Well, there are plenty of theories," Knock Out says, surveying the scrapyard, and he begins sifting through a nearby heap of parts with an almost dainty touch, looking for anything he might be able to use in the way of medical supplies -- not just for Breakdown, but anyone. The ship is still barely stocked. "Some say it's purely environmental -- microreactions in the atmosphere around the spark as it ignites -- others say the AllSpark is random by nature. And there are plenty of claims in between. But unfortunately the well has run dry, so to speak."