The drill shifted, then, until one drilling end piece was joined by two more, which doubled-down on the massive crystalline structure below them. Peridot would have been pleased herself, either by being called 'Captain' or by the creation that she and Pearl had built being put to such good used, if not for one fact.

They still weren't making much progress.

Meanwhile, the millions of fractured minds below continued to scream in silence, their voices rising up in a cacophonous mental roar.

Must... Have to... Want to... Need to... Have to...