He nods. Lars had been super helpful, even though he'd been pretty mixed up too. Steven feels bad that he hadn't managed to protect him at the party too, but at least him and Greg were both still around.

"One of the vampires almost drank all his blood," he says in a quiet, tight voice. Greg probably would have seen Lars resting in the medical tent but maybe it wasn't clear what happened. "I healed him, but..."

He swallows.

"Peridot never came back did she?"