Peridot blinked up at Rufus for a moment at that, seeming to consider for a moment. Her mind had gone drifting a little for a few seconds there, and there was clearly a bit of something chewing at it, but now really wasn't the time.

"I don't... actually know," she said, after a pause. "I assume it could theoretically be possible, though the process could take hundreds of your Earth years. Which I would have to spend without a body. Something to consider, if I ever need-"

She was interrupted by a sudden banging on the top of the drill's cockpit compartment, and looked up just in time to see a red hand press itself against the window, quickly and forcefully. It was a rather fearsome sight when highlighted by the peridotite's molten glow.

"Fusion experiments," she moaned. "They must have buried some prototypes with the Cluster."