Rodimus's seemingly earnest repentance there seems to take the edge off of Sollux's anger, and he instead gives the bot a still frustrated but more baffled look, like he can't understand how it could be so confusing. His long ears twitch like a dog's would when making a similar expression.

"It's not, and it's not really even that complicated. There's only four relationships and all of them are for totally different stuff, and ones like moirallegiance can make a big difference for someone like...me, I guess."

He frowns, looking sort of upset at that thought. He pushes his ears back defensively.

"Nobody else takes care of trolls, okay? We don't fucking have...'psychologists' or doctors that care about us. We don't have fucking parents or families or whatever. The quadrants are so you have people looking out for you when no one else will."