[peridot sighs drearily] The only way to achieve "immortality," as you call it is to have a body not based in organic compounds. They break down too easily.

[she sounds a little smug as she adds] I'm a gem. We can live billions of years with no effect on our bodies and minds. It's simple, really, but you can't help being an inferior lifeform that has to use ridiculous tricks to even come close to what we have.