"I called in a favor a while back and asked the Ringmaster to bring her here," Peridot explains, and she looks immensely proud of herself for having done so. "Looks like she finally came through! Isn't that right, Pumpkin, awww..."

Pumpkin barks in what Peridot assumes to be excited agreement. She tries to sit up with the vegetable in both arms, but the little creature hops free and starts to run in ecstatic circles around the both of them, yapping incessantly.