Steven has gone still, glancing at Rita hurriedly, but that's it. She knows how bad this is. As Peridot gets up to yell, Steven hastily tries to grab her hand, as if pulling her back from a ledge. The fear he'd temporarily put behind rises up again.

"That's... It's the Summer Fae, Peridot. Ignatius and Nightshade... They're some of the ones that imprisoned me, and Rita, and dad, and... oh no..."

He's freezing up again. He thought he was passed this. He doesn't know what to do.

"Mr Strange attacked me in the castle..."