Black Diamond is rude. He clearly wasn't taking any of this seriously, but if he could so casually brush off their attacks then maybe they did have to try harder.

She doesn't consider fusion until her hands are in Carnelian's, but she's on board with the idea immediately. Their dance is everything a fusion dance should be, full of passion and intensity and a unified goal of dealing with this new arrival.

After a flash of brightness and a dramatic dispersal of sparkles, there they stand. Cinnabar.

Hopefully it's a scary enough display, because now they're stronger and bigger.