There's a flinch in Terezi's movements when he answers back with that degree of emotional outburst. She hadn't meant to make him angry. It honestly hadn't occurred to her that others might have mentioned it already--though Signless should have been the obvious realization there. He knew both of them and cared about both of them.

"Fine, fine. Sorry." She holds her hands up, trying to play it off like she hadn't been on edge a moment ago. For all her bravado, adult trolls are still a little scary when they get riled up--especially psychic ones.

"Things aren't as cut and dry as they were on Alternia. That's all I'm trying to say. There's a lot more to him than just being a clown. ...There's a lot more to a lot of us, I guess."