Peridot grimaced as she kind of hauled herself up, arm-over-arm, using Jalian's leg as leverage.

"... Of course they are," she said, frowning. "They're all fragmented pieces of broken minds, forced into one form. They're also about to destroy the planet."

She frowned as she surfaced from under the dashboard and peered out at the Cluster, which didn't seem to be taking any substantial sort of damage from the drill.

"Try the triple-tip penetration setting!"

... Peridot wasn't allowed to name things.