[Dave looks up, then jams his hat back on. It's not that his sunburned face gets any redder, but his mouth pinches a little like he's trying not to smile like a chibi anime. You know. Like :>. Basically, stop thanking him, it is ruining all his cool.]

Tucker's one of Carolina's friends from home. He's cool, he's the one who gave birth to an alien son.

[He tosses the second apple juice to Karkat, then puts his hand in the basket to find only one thing left. He hesitates, glances at Karkat sidelong, and then pulls out a small, flat white box, like the kind department stores gift-wrap clothes in, but smaller.]

Ummm...do you want your present now, or after we eat.