He looks stunned for a moment, then shakes it off and looks at Peridot. "Yeah, it did!" Amazingly. "That feeling that we got, it WAS from Steven, not from the Serpent herself. Oh, and that is the Serpent, the one from the stories. Steven said she's wild, and scared, and doesn't think properly any more. He told me to tell you she's like a 'Corrupted Gem', and that you would know what that means."

He looks at her expectantly, stopping there and dispelling his weapon. He wants an explanation of that before he continues.