Signless slips the cans into his jacket pockets so his hands are free and takes the knife. He can have a weapon, for protection, because he doesn't want to have to make Karkat feel like he needs to do all the work keeping them both safe.

"If we can manage to trap one and cook it through I don't see why we couldn't eat it," he says, leading Karkat out of the kitchen and into the hallway. "Assuming there's more than one, which we don't know for certain. Here, I'll just check this and then we can move upstairs."

He indicates the hall closet.