Most of what Peridot was pulling out just looked like random metal tubes and polished stones, but she set to work immediately, carefully peeling back the rubber skin of the fish to expose the mechanics inside its tail. A few minutes of poking and prodding with various tools, some throwing away of various mechanical bits inside the fish in order to make room for better, smaller, more effective ones, and Peridot was putting the fish skin back in place, hitting a button.

"There," she said proudly as the fish flicked its tail around, propelling it up into the air before leveling out again a few feet off the ground. "Much better. And the stones I installed should provide a more stable energy source in order to sustain its flight capabilities for thousands of years."

Way more efficient than double-As.

"And now... to me, fish!" She held out her hand.

The fish hovered there.

"Fish... to me."

It remained. Peridot frowned.

"Maybe it just needs more time to recognize us as the people it belongs to," she muttered.