[Does "persuasion" come with bargaining magic or whatever Zidane has—

The blobs wiggle dangerously as Zidane approaches...but the tail waving helps distract them and they continue to let them pass until they're within a foot of the trapped geode slime.]

All right... Even if we get it out, it's stressed out. Just like we were warned it's likely to attack.

[He looks to the slimes nearby.]

Can you try to keep it calm or help us when that happens?

[The slimes are...a little confused as that seems to be a complicated concept for them. But when the geode slime starts wriggling around the one nearest actually stretches out to touch it as if to calm it down.]

—That. Just keep doing that.

[The slimes look at Eustace like he's an alien, but they get the general idea and just continue touching the geode slime. Only after this does Eustace let out a small breath.]

...We'll see what happens. Let's just move the rocks and be ready to run if it still ends up attacking.