"This has nothing to do with your janitorial abilities, I can promise you that," Terezi quips back easily, despite the topic that's weighing on her mind. She tries to keep a bit of that casualness, but it's clear that things are about to get a little more serious by the way her expression wanes.

"It's about... the Initiate." There's a bit of hesitance in that, not only for her own misgivings about how the Psiionic might react, but also for using that name to begin with. "I heard about what he told you, that his life was forfeit for you... I wanted to make sure that you understood that isn't true. He was upset, and he shouldn't have promised that."