Pearl's pale blue eyes shoot open, only to be confronted with a wall orange looming nearby.

Ugh. Jasper. Of course. The two gems have barely said a word to one another since their disastrous first conversation upon arriving here, and honestly? Pearl hasn't been too bothered by that state of affairs. She still harbors some resentment for the quartz, after everything that happened with her back on earth...

To Pearl's credit, she keeps things civil to start with. "Jasper," she acknowledges her, eyebrows raising slightly. She's immediately suspicious of one thing... "Why haven't you asked Lapis yourself?"