[Dirk is quiet a moment, deciding if he wants to explain. But if Karkat opened the door on it, then he might as well follow through.
As Dirk names projects, he points at the part he's going to be repurposing for it. The boy has a shitton of experience when it comes to salvaging from the dead, and his monotone is matter-of-fact, familiar.] Thick steel plates to reinforce base walls. Chips for robots. Titanium for solar panels. Polypropylene for new woofer cones because the ones I made Dave aren't cutting it. Fused quartz for glass, we're thinking of extending Snoop's tank. The woven fibreglass will likely go to Dave's speakers too.
[He turns his head back to Karkat. Coolkid hands go back in his pocket, although in fact Dirk keeps his hands in his pockets just because he almost never uses them to talk the way other people do.]
If you want to know more, I can show you how it's done back at the base. I'm already teaching Dave.
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[Dirk is quiet a moment, deciding if he wants to explain. But if Karkat opened the door on it, then he might as well follow through.
As Dirk names projects, he points at the part he's going to be repurposing for it. The boy has a shitton of experience when it comes to salvaging from the dead, and his monotone is matter-of-fact, familiar.] Thick steel plates to reinforce base walls. Chips for robots. Titanium for solar panels. Polypropylene for new woofer cones because the ones I made Dave aren't cutting it. Fused quartz for glass, we're thinking of extending Snoop's tank. The woven fibreglass will likely go to Dave's speakers too.
[He turns his head back to Karkat. Coolkid hands go back in his pocket, although in fact Dirk keeps his hands in his pockets just because he almost never uses them to talk the way other people do.]
If you want to know more, I can show you how it's done back at the base. I'm already teaching Dave.