Tektite forgot, sometimes, how sheltered the average Homeworld Gem was. How easily frightened they were by something not acting like it should. She regularly forgot how to interact in any normal fashion herself, so she really didn't feel like being judgemental about it. The giant dog-best who was afraid of white tiled flooring was not allowed to pick who was afraid of what!

"Oh there are other pearls that fight?" Tektite asked with mild surprise under all the gravel of her voice. "I know one, a defective one I suppose. She has a knife longer than my claws. I'm not really sure what for but she is quite a force, I've heard. That's the only pearl I've actually met, now I think of it. Mmm, still. A pearl in combat, I imagine that was quite frightening to deal with, how did you cope?"