"Why am I holding this?" Pearl blinked down at the communicator curiously.

"Because it can be detonated remotely," Peridot muttered numbly, and then balled herself up a little bit more, ignoring the Gems' reactions to this news as the communicator started to glow a dangerous red. "... My duty?"

The fact that they were all apparently about to die was taking a back seat to this.

"... You really think so?"