It's not magic. [Rick's response to that point is immediate, because god, he can't stand this stupid belief in invisible, magical bullshit. It's close enough to a religion that it offends him on a personal level. People blindly following things that can't be proved by science, it's disgusting.
Then he actually processes the rest of what Peridot said, and throws his hands up in the air.] Fine, whatever. Keep being a pessimistic asshole. That's not my problem.
[Rick is the king of pessimistic assholes, so this might be hypocrisy. And it is, technically, but he's over-empathizing with Peridot's grim view of the situation, so he's halfway talking to himself now.
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Then he actually processes the rest of what Peridot said, and throws his hands up in the air.] Fine, whatever. Keep being a pessimistic asshole. That's not my problem.
[Rick is the king of pessimistic assholes, so this might be hypocrisy. And it is, technically, but he's over-empathizing with Peridot's grim view of the situation, so he's halfway talking to himself now.
Time to go.]
H-have fun riding my coattails, I guess.