The joke definitely goes right over her head, because she's having a hard time recalling the Ringmaster ever having deliberately tortured someone? But the conversation moves on, so she just kind of cocks her head in confusion before deciding to just let it go.
Besides, Strange is reaching over now and-- oh stars, what the hell is he doing?
Peridot doesn't try to duck the hand, but her ears twitch down out of the way and she makes some sort of horrible disgruntled noise as Strange pats her, like a cat that's kind of just barely tolerating being touched.
"Why do people always do that to me?" she complains once he's done. "Is it because of my height? Nobody ever touched my head like that when I still wore limb enhancers!"
Of course, she didn't have. Friends? At any point when she was still wearing limb enhancers? But whatever. She feels like if she did, she still wouldn't have gotten weird head pats from anyone.
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Besides, Strange is reaching over now and-- oh stars, what the hell is he doing?
Peridot doesn't try to duck the hand, but her ears twitch down out of the way and she makes some sort of horrible disgruntled noise as Strange pats her, like a cat that's kind of just barely tolerating being touched.
"Why do people always do that to me?" she complains once he's done. "Is it because of my height? Nobody ever touched my head like that when I still wore limb enhancers!"
Of course, she didn't have. Friends? At any point when she was still wearing limb enhancers? But whatever. She feels like if she did, she still wouldn't have gotten weird head pats from anyone.