[ Equius chuckles. ]

It does not take literacy to be able to shout about the characters of some story. For all I know, you simply facilitate discussion and have no idea what the books are actually about.

[ And then he shrugs at the question, giving a few seconds to get Karkat just that little bit more riled up. ]

I heard the croaking of your little pet. It is really quite bothersome. But I saw that you were reading something that was not a textbook. It aroused my curiosity.