[He so wants to indulge in his wilder instincts, to just shoot her down with a well-aimed plume of fire or ball of ice, and for a moment, his eyes fill with light as he moves forward to do the deed-]

[But then Ramir pulls him back, and he comes back to himself. The urges are gone. He shakes his head a few times, as if he's just come out of a strange dream, and he's back to normal, his eyes dark again.]

Ugh. [He stares at Peridot's retreating form with a very obvious expression of disgust.] Eh, she should have been taught a lesson, but...honestly, I don't see how anything would get through that thick skull of hers...