Peridot jolts with surprise, and promptly pins her ears back with a growl, whirling to face the group again. It's fortunate that Ignatius and Shima both speak up again, so she doesn't completely fly off the handle.
"I want to be extremely clear: I-- Me, Peridot-- Am not explaining or promising ANYTHING right now," she snarls. "My patience is wearing extremely thin. This is a crisis situation, I have other friends who are unaccounted for and are very probably out there in serious danger right now. We need to focus on locating the Ringmaster-- our actual boss-- and get back to the safety of the carnival instead of pinning all our hopes on one extremely risky plan! I'd like for Ignatius to come back with us, I'd even like to discuss the possibility of getting him his heart back soon, because if anything his split is proof that he doesn't completely have it in for us! But I couldn't make that happen right here, right now, even if I wanted to. So if you're going to become whole again, you need to understand that you're doing it of your own volition and not as some bound-in-blood sort of deal. Got it!?"
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"I want to be extremely clear: I-- Me, Peridot-- Am not explaining or promising ANYTHING right now," she snarls. "My patience is wearing extremely thin. This is a crisis situation, I have other friends who are unaccounted for and are very probably out there in serious danger right now. We need to focus on locating the Ringmaster-- our actual boss-- and get back to the safety of the carnival instead of pinning all our hopes on one extremely risky plan! I'd like for Ignatius to come back with us, I'd even like to discuss the possibility of getting him his heart back soon, because if anything his split is proof that he doesn't completely have it in for us! But I couldn't make that happen right here, right now, even if I wanted to. So if you're going to become whole again, you need to understand that you're doing it of your own volition and not as some bound-in-blood sort of deal. Got it!?"