"I didn't see, actually," is the mildly grumpy response he gets. Her attention had been firmly elsewhere at that moment. Hopefully Lambert can pick up on the implication there for himself, since explaining any further would require Peridot to put herself much closer to the despair that she's currently trying to bottle up than she would like.

She is watching that smoke a bit more closely now, drawing a few conclusions and correcting some assumptions on her own. "You think he's going to be okay then?" she asks tentatively. "We're not going to have to worry about him still being enthralled when he wakes up, are we?"