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Peridot hastily dropped what she'd dubbed the "mysterious human artifact”, wiping her thumb and index finger on the tablecloth.
“W-what is this mysterious substance coating my hand?? Is this some sort of joke?”
“Peridot, that's cheese. You're supposed to pick up the other end of the pizza.” Amethyst proceeded to gesture towards her own hand for far too long until Peridot picked up her slice by the crust.
“...So, what do I do now with this so-called pizza?” The green gem warily eyed up her slice, most of the toppings now transferred to the tablecloth.
“It’s food. You eat it. I thought you knew that?”
Peridot flinched slightly; she'd never really eaten before, and the small experience she’d had with it hadn't been all too pleasant.
Painstakingly slowly, she raised the tip of the slice to her face. A sole mushroom slid off the end and added to the mess of the tablecloth, much to the dismay of a passing waiter.
Amethyst finished chewing her own slice of pizza, her look of amusement making Peridot slightly self-conscious.
“Well?” The quartz drummed her fingers on the table. “You going to try it?”
A few seconds of nervous laughter, and she took a delicate bite of her food. Then another. She was doing it, she was eating!!
She gave a confident smile and a thumbs-up to the gem sitting across from her. (It was less of a confident smile and more of a grimace, but it's the thought that counts.)
Amethyst mentally crossed “fancy restaurant” off her list of date night ideas.