He didn't really expect a positive response to what he said (as inherently earnest as it was) but the intensity of Peridot's derision actually manages to catch him off guard. He stares at her for a moment, more caught off guard than anything, and then just... looks away.
This is what he knew would happen from the start. He's been anticipating this for months. Can he even really be surprised?
The only part that hurts is that he'd really, genuinely tried.
"Dunno, Peridot," he says, after a brief silence. "It's a mystery."
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He didn't really expect a positive response to what he said (as inherently earnest as it was) but the intensity of Peridot's derision actually manages to catch him off guard. He stares at her for a moment, more caught off guard than anything, and then just... looks away.
This is what he knew would happen from the start. He's been anticipating this for months. Can he even really be surprised?
The only part that hurts is that he'd really, genuinely tried.
"Dunno, Peridot," he says, after a brief silence. "It's a mystery."