Oh... He kind of knew it had to be about something like this.

Peridot thought pretty highly of herself most of the time but he knew she'd been sore about how she couldn't do some of the things older generations of gems had been able to. Even with her metal powers, she couldn't compete with a lot of the other aspects of the Crystal Gems, and he knows how that feels. It used to be the same way with him, because of his partially human heritage.

So, he slumps a little, feeling too sympathetic to turn her down entirely. He frowns, and looks up at her.

"...Okay. But you still have to be careful. Things here seem... different."