Peridot lays on the ground with her face planted in the sand. Steven approaches her along with Amethyst rolling towards her as a ball on the other side. She shapeshifts back into her normal self, looking down at Peridot's head.

"Uh...okay. Maybe we just have to activate it manually." She reaches down to grab Peridot's head. "You grab her feet..." She grabs her arms. "I'll grab the arms." Steven grabs Peridot's legs. "Ready? Pull!"

They start pulling Peridot, forcing her to stretch out. Steven and Amethyst grunt in unison as Peridot keeps saying "Ow." in a state of mild pain. "Is it working?"
"I think so. Pull harder!" A part inside Peridot cracks as they do so, raising a foot.

"I think I just heard a crack!"
"That's her powers...opening, Steven!"
The pain inside Peridot builds as Steven and Amethyst keep pulling on her limbs until she couldn't take it anymore. "Drop me now!" They stop grunting and let go of her.

She hits the sand, grunting. Steven and Amethyst stare down at her make sure she's okay. "This isn't going to work." Peridot gets up alongside Steven. "Maybe if we keep trying-!"
"No." Peridot walks away. "My lack of skill is an objective fact."

She sits down on the sand by the shoreline and she stares at the waves as they pull in and push out. "I'm an Era 2 Peridot. I'm new. Resources are dwindling on Homeworld. They can't make Gems like they used to. That's why they give Era 2 Peridots technological enhancements."

She gazes into her tablet in her hands. "That's why we..." She brings the tablet to her chest. "Don't have powers." Amethyst narrows her eyes on Peridot and she heads towards her. She steps in front of her and she looks down.

"Per?" Peridot looks up from her tablet. "I'm going to be really real with you for a sec." Peridot glares at her. "This whole time we've been here, you've been focusing on what you can't do. Of course you're not having any fun."

Peridot looks down back down at her tablet and she starts tapping her finger on it. "All you are is what you could be. But we don't hang out with you because of who you could be. We like you." Peridot ignores her as she keeps tapping and sliding her finger on the tablet.

"I know you just heard me." Amethyst's grits her teeth in frustration, raising her fists. Peridot narrows her eyes in the tension as she punches in a blog that says CLODS repeatedly. "Stop playing with that thing!"

Amethyst snatches the tablet. "Gimme that!" Peridot is taken aback, forcing herself to get the tablet out of Amethyst's grip. "NO!"
"You don't need it!"
"YOU DON'T KNOW THAT!"
"YES...I...DO!"

Amethyst forces the tablet out of her grip and she turns to the ocean. "WAIT! WAIT-WAIT-WAIT-WAIT- WAIT-WAIT-WAIT-WAIT!" Amethyst hurls it away. "NO! IT'S ALL THAT I AM!" The tablet crashes down into the water with a splash and Peridot gasps.

She stares at the ocean for a moment before she dashes into the water. Steven and Amethyst gasp. "Peridot!"
"Does she know how to swim?!" Amethyst pulls out her whip from her gem as she watches Peridot crash into the water with a yell. "Definitely not!"

She rushes in after her. "Amethyst!" Amethyst dives into the ocean to save her. Steven watches on the beach, gritting his teeth as he sees bubbles on the surface of the water. After a few moments, the bubbles dissapate and the surface stills.

Steven panics, looking around. "Oh-oh geez!" He stares into the horizon. "I can't believe it. All we wanted to do today was have fun together. But...we had no idea. We had no idea that Peridot couldn't shapeshift. Now she might never come back...because we didn't know."

Steven sees bubbles on the surface again. "Huh?" The water stills again. "Oh." Suddenly, Amethyst and Peridot pops their heads out of the water. Peridot coughs out some of it as Amethyst holds onto her. "Are you okay?"

Peridot gasps for breath as she nods. She rests her head on Amethyst as Steven yells to them from shore, smiling. "GUYS! YOU'RE OKAY!" Amethyst looks over at him and she smiles. "DON'T WORRY! PERI IS FINE!" She grunts she drags her over to shore.

Amethyst carries Peridot in her arms and she drops her onto the beach. She grunts as she lays on the sand. "Maybe we should've taught her how to swim instead of shapeshift."
Steven contemplates it as he stares down at her. "Hmm..."

Peridot gets up and she turns to Amethyst. Amethyst winces as Peridot tightens her fists. "Peridot, I'm so sorry about your tablet! We'll get-!"
She rushes up to her and she embraces her.

Amethyst blushes for a moment. "Uh..."
"Thank you." Steven gives a warm smile as Amethyst smiles and embraces Peridot back, closing her eyes. "No problem, Per."