Hahaha. Karkat was so totally jealous when she got promoted. It was NOT FAIR that she got to do that stuff just because she was a real Veiled and not a frequent visitor who ends up spending weeks at a time in the creche while his Dad helps out the grown-ups. (I dunno why Karkat ended up tagging along that first time when he was, like, three, but I do know that Nemo always brings him now because he knows that Karkat and Murai are just so fucking tight together and this way his son can have bff time with her.)

You know that Murai's probably returned the visits a few times if the adult Veiled will let her? Because Karkat DOES still live in the commune from >Connect with his sister and cousins and stuff when he's not tagging along with his dad. Maybe she went to chill there and hang out with Karkat's cousins while she was in recovery from the mission.