Ranboo simply frowns at that, brow furrowed, clearly unsure of how to respond. Dirk is... a puzzle, at the best of times, and this is not the best of times, despite what it was only minutes before. It really is a puzzle, though: why is Dirk so set on being the worst, on feeling the worst? He isn't like some cartoon villain who seems to believe he's in the right with his questionable actions; it's much more like he's almost punishing himself, or trying to deserve being punished. He clearly knows that things that he does and says are terrible, and seems to be honing in on just how terrible they are, but not because he feels justified in being terrible for the sake of it. It's... Dirk has bad thoughts, and knows that they're bad, and he wants to make them worse and for everyone to know and agree that he's the worst, but why? What's the point of all this? Is he just trying to punish himself?

That's the part that Ranboo can't exactly place-- the missing puzzle piece that makes the rest of Dirk's behavior fit together and fall into place. Why? What exactly does he want out of all of this? The obvious answer is that he thinks it's hot, but why?

"Why, though? Like... I know that it like-- gets you off or whatever, but, like... why? I just don't... I don't get it, like... I really don't understand."