Peridot was working on creating larger flask robinoids than the ones she had been sending to Earth when Steven flung open the door.
"Hey Peridot!" Steven shouted and ran into the lab.
Peridot was so started that she fell back and her tools flew up into the air and landed just inches away from her head.
"Woah. Peridot are you okay?" Steven asked as he ran over to help her.
"I'm fine, Steven. Remember what I told you about the lab?" Peridot said in an overprotective way.
"Yes," Steven said in a slightly saddened tone.
"What did I tell you?" Peridot said in a manner for him to continue.
"Be careful when coming in and don't startle anyone while they're working or they could get their gems cracked or worse," Steven recited in a slightly annoyed tone.
"Yes, so please be careful," Peridot said trying to comfort Steven.
"Okay," Steven said. He looked over and saw the giant robinoid on the table.
"Hey, what are you working on?" Steven asked hoping to change the subject. He ran over to the table to get a better look at the robot.
"Careful, Steven. It's still very experimental," Peridot said trying to keep Steven at a good distance.
"Yeah, but what is it?" Steven asked with great curiousity.
"It's a flask robinoid, Steven," Peridot said as if it was the most obvious thing in the universe.
"What's a flask robinoid?" Steven asked extremely confused.
Peridot sighed. She had told Steven what flask robinoids are nearly ten times now.
"Remember the marble things you played with last month?" Peridot asked hoping for a "yes."
"Oh, yeah," Steven said having an "a-ha" moment. "The marble dealies."
"Yes, Steven. I am experimenting with their physical structures to make larger ones," Peridot said explaining her plan.
"Why do you need to make them bigger?" Steven asked getting more excited.
"Well, all the smaller ones I have sent to Earth keep getting broken by something or someone," Peridot explained.
"So the bigger ones will finish the job then?" Steven asked.
"Hopefully," Peridot said. "I don't knkw entirely if it will make it all the way to Earth. Like I said, 'They are still experimental.'"
"Cool," Steven said with a huge grin.
"Is there something you need, Steven?" Peridot asked caringly.
"Oh right. I have a major question to ask you," Steven told Peridot.
"Well, what is it?" Peridot asked.
"I wanted to ask you about my mom," Steven siad quickly.
"Your mom?" Peridot said very nervously. "Why do you want to know about her?"
"Well, I am thirteen, and I bearly know anything about her. I just want to know something about my birth family," Steven said as politely as possible.
"Well, um..." Peridot started off. "She was uh..." Peridot trailed off again and looked down at her screen's clock. "Oh, would you look at that? I'm really off schedual." Peridot said in an unconvincing way.
"But Peridot I wanted to..." Steven trailed off as Peridot pushed him through the doorway.
"Yeah, I'm sure what you want to know is very important, but like I said, 'I'm really behind schedual,' and I should really get back to work."
"But..." Steven started and was cut off.
"Thanks for stoping by, Steven. I'll catch you later," Peridot said quickly and shut the door.
"Well, that didn't work," Steven thought out loud to himself.
"How am I supposed to know about my mom if everyone avoids even mentioning her?"
Steven again pondered on what his next move should be. He decided to ask Lapis, but he ended up with the same response as before. After almost the whole day had gone by, Steven had asked almost evryone he knew about his Mom and never got any information. Then he remembered something. He had still not asked Yellow Pearl. She always came through for Steven in some way. She also knew a whole lot about his Mom with her being so close to the Diamond Authority. Realizing that Yellow Pearl was still an option, he started to run as fast as he could to the Yellow Diamond Control Room. While running to the control room, as luck would have it, Steven ran right into Yellow Pearl.
"Steven?" Yellow Pearl said with great surprise. "What are you doing here at this time of day?"
"Oh, Pearl! I was just looking for you!" Steven said more excited than ever.
"Oh. Well, what do you need?" Yellow Pearl asked suspiciously.
"I wanted to ask you about... my mom," Steven said extremely nervous.
Yellow Pearl just stood there for a minute with total shock on her face.
"Pearl? Pearl, are you okay?" Steven asked hoping she would say "yes."
"Yes, I'm alright, Steven," Yellow Pearl said in a convincing way. "Why would you wish to know such a thing though? Maybe you'd rather go listen to Blue Pearl's stories," she said in what seemed a nervous way.
"No, Pearl. I want to know. What was my mom like?" he asked in almost a begging tone.
Yellow Pearl was convinced that there was no way to get Steven to want to listen to something else, so she decided to come through for him.
"Well, alright," Yellow Pearl said in defeat. "I'll tell you the story of your mother."