[It was hard to imagine a bloodthirsty race like the trolls doing things like cooking and celebrating holidays. John had spent his teenage years in a world that dehumanized them and made them 'the other.' He had a lot of assumptions he had to get over before he would truly understand Karkat.

But even if he doesn't understand, he can still empathize.]

I bet he was.

[It might sound like it could be sarcastic, but there was no malice in John's voice.]

And hey, if he was back on your home planet, then he didn't get mixed up in this mess, right? So he's safe and sound.