"Huh. What's the difference between a geode and a thunderegg?" he said as he took the former in one hand and sliced through the rock with a claw as effortlessly as he'd sliced through the fruit. (No demon ever needed a knife to peel citrus!)

Making an odd noise at the amethyst, he set the two halves of the geode down, then opened the thunderegg the same way. Then, as he awaited her answer, he casually carved out the ruby from the center and held it up to one blank white eye. With a claw carefully extended he began splitting and shaving the gem to form it into a worked product.