Sollux flips over some more mounds of scrap, listening intently. He is genuinely fascinated by this subject - enough that he's asking despite the fact that he knows fully well Knock Out doesn't like him much. He's just that interested in knowing. School never explained this sort of thing, except in its relation to insults and slurs.

"That sucks man," he says, sounding actually put out by the idea. "You're a cool species. Do you guys know if there's anything you can do?"