The Signless turns at the voice to see Kankri peering in at them, looking unhappy and hungry and frankly kind of pathetic. The poor thing's probably been alone until now.

"Of course you can," he says, and then turns to give Karkat a Look. "Of course he can, right, Karkat?" He doesn't say it, but the aditional 'don't be an asshole' is pretty obvious.