Now it's Garnet's turn to appear uneasy, but she does her best to rein it in. It wasn't that she hadn't thought of burying the cat first; she'd liked him, after all. But a freshly dug grave might look suspicious, and her own fears currently reside in having to try to explain what happened tonight to anyone. The police would certainly be at the bottom of the list of people she'd want to talk to about this.

But Pearl's horror at her perceived lack of empathy is enough to make her reconsider, enough to make her feel ashamed she'd even suggested throwing him in the garbage. She doesn't want her to think she didn't care about the cat. She doesn't want Pearl to think she's a monster. What are the chances anyone would actually investigate, anyway?

"...That's a better idea," she says carefully, swallowing down her mixed feelings. "I don't have a shovel, though."