[ Peridot finally opens her eyes, though her eyelids are still sort of drooping unevenly. The wing twitches again when Steven touches it, but the dragon attached to it doesn't protest. ]
I guess if I can't levitate around with my metal powers anymore, this is an okay trade-off. Even if flying with wings sounds exhausting...
[ Pumpkin finally comes back over at this point as well, nudging one of Peridot's dangling hands with her entire face. Peridot feebly lifts it to pat her. Truthfully, she still feels pretty nasty and angry about everything, but she's so emotionally exhausted it's hard to dive back into this argument about whether killing is ever justified. She trails off into silence, some of the tension creeping back into the moment. ]
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I guess if I can't levitate around with my metal powers anymore, this is an okay trade-off. Even if flying with wings sounds exhausting...
[ Pumpkin finally comes back over at this point as well, nudging one of Peridot's dangling hands with her entire face. Peridot feebly lifts it to pat her. Truthfully, she still feels pretty nasty and angry about everything, but she's so emotionally exhausted it's hard to dive back into this argument about whether killing is ever justified. She trails off into silence, some of the tension creeping back into the moment. ]