Sollux had missed this sort of behaviour in friends that were long gone from mind and from the time he could see them as more than just floating spectres. Despite it, he raised an eyebrow and a small 'Ehehehe' left him for the wording. Butt jokes. He could get behind those. "You must be starved for seeing things you're happy to see if I'm what hits those buttons." Even if he hadn't said it, knowing she was there, at least someone was there other than him. He had seen one of the humans but that didn't seem like someone he remembered as important to her or even having met. Further it was a dangerous human and even if she was a very capable troll, she had a second chance at an actual life here and it was better in his mind to let her keep it that way.

Mark or not she was still above him caste wise even if she never acted it to any of the trolls around her and hearing that she had a hard time getting food was a little upsetting. Enough that the previous look on his face wasn't as jovial as it had been. In other words, the butt joke had long since outlasted its funny versus her being mistreated. It wasn't a question he enjoyed asking, but he had to know. "Is that why they marked you on your face instead of your neck? Are they singling people out with marks?"

Whoever it was in this contract, Sollux didn't think he was doing a very good job. He didn't have all the information, no, but it sure didn't sound like someone very good for anyone if she was having that hard a time.