Pearl sighed as she dropped the welding torch, raised the mask she only needed to protect her gem, and sat back to examine her struggle.
"Maybe if I re-route part of the coolant and use it as a solvent instead…" she muttered to herself as Amethyst walked into, what Steven had appropriately dubbed, "The Work Barn" to check on her girlfriend.
"Hey babe! What's up?" Amethyst proclaimed on a borderline shout as she plopped down behind Pearl and wrapped her arms around the thinner gem's stomach.
"Oh you know," Pearl said as she removed Amethyst's arms from her midsection, only to pull the gem in front of her and hug her tightly while still gazing at her contraption over the purple gem's head. "just trying to figure this out."
"Don't worry babe." Amethyst muttered into Pearl's chest before giving it a kiss. "You'll figure it out. It's what you do best."
She began kissing up Pearl's form. While Pearl's focus still remained 100% on the machine, when it came time for her lips to come next, she seemed to shift gears in an instant, starting the kiss herself and pulling Amethyst even closer.
She figured out the answer the next day, Amethyst inadvertently giving her the solution. There was a reason Pearl called Amethyst "her Muse"