"She didn't know any better!" Peridot insists, swishing her tail anxiously. "You know how she is. She hates being at the carnival, all she really wants is to go back to the barn where she can stay out of danger. She thought that working with another fae would be enough to break her contract with the Ringmaster and earn her some stability. She was obviously wrong, which I made certain to THOROUGHLY explain to her, but... No one else seems to get that."