Actually later on in the conversation Equius takes it back and says he shouldn't boss around highbloods. Gamzee went sober because t here was no more sopor. It's the reason Karkat was afraid to go to sleep as well, with sopor the chances of nightmares were high.

This is why I need to keep a better eye on the queue.

Luckily it wasn’t thirty messages this time.

-Mod L