[ Oh no. Now he's worried about her. Pearl determines that she needs to calm this poor kid down. Unfortunately, she's bad enough at keeping calm herself, let alone trying to keep a calm atmosphere. So she tries to act like it isn't a big deal, which only creates a slightly frenzied juxtaposition between obvious concern for her gem and a strained trying-to-keep-it-together smile that borders on manic. ]

Me? Nonsense! I'm fine! It's going to be okay! [ She pulls her hands back and tries to wave them, palms out towards Deku, to signal 'calm down' as vaguely as she can. ]

You didn't do anything! We're fine okay? We just need to focus, and not do anything rash, right? [ She's trying to signal as hard as she can that she knows now what he means by the simulation, but trying to keep the wording vague enough that they won't have to mention it again.

Then, finally, betraying her attempts to be calm, she finally brings a hand up to rub slightly at the crack in her gem. It isn't terrible, but weirdly enough, like Midoriya's broken arm, it isn't having the usual effects it should. No uncontrolled shapeshifting, no real pain. Well, not until she decides to poke at it and irritates herself with a wince. ]

I'm sure it's just a scratch! [ She announces after pulling her hand away from the obvious pain. ] But your hand looks awful. We surely must do something about it!

[ Well, that and the whole... "can't leave work" thing. Baby steps. But since he seems to know more about his situation than her, she finally gives in. Dropping the 'know-it-all' assumption, she takes a deep breath and crouches down. She's finally listening. ] What can I do to help?