Peridot, who has been anticipating being crushed this whole time and has come to expect it to be a natural end to the whole conversation somehow, just scrunches her eyes shut in grim acceptance and when all she gets is her hair smushed down, she breathes a sigh of relief and reaches up to pat the huge finger awkwardly.

"Yes. You're not the most unfortunate thing I've had to accept since defecting from Homeworld."