The impact of Selendis striking the Kinshin egg felt pretty damn good from Karkat's end, too. It still felt like every landed blow and dropped monster brought them closer to recovering their equilibrium, and even with the madness swirling around he felt confident.

And unlike most of them, this one seemed aware enough to react to the dumb stuff he was saying.

"Oh fuck, you look like of mad," Karkat taunted. The claws lengthening weren't lost on him, but he wasn't too worried. This one didn't seem too fast, they'd already injured it, and he still had a shield or two in him. "What's the matter, you cross-eyed troglodyte, you're only good in a fight against squishy, unarmed humans?"