Peridot flinches when the motorcycle breaks onto the scene, her sensitive ears throbbing with the noise. Really? Right now?? She's trying to think here, buddy!

She shakes her head doggedly and turns back to face the matter at hand. "I'd have to agree with Childermass on that," she adds. "We've seen how a few different members of your kind treat their servants by this point and frankly, I've yet to be impressed or enticed."