“i wouldn’t suggest throwing yourself off a cliff. though i don’t know what anyone would ever see in jasper. sure, she’s strong. and a phenomenal fighter. basically the perfect quartz. but she’s so...mean.” the green gem trailed off, glancing over at her friend. “who are you in love with, then?”

       “ No, no no no, com’on kiddo, I have you now, you’re safe with me, ok?! Ya just gotta hold on, just a bit longer, sweetie, just a bit longer... ”

Bill’s knowledge of gem anatomy was very, very limited. He understood from context that the huge gem sticking from her back was important. And since it was cracked--badly, he might add--that was not good. His hands glowed as the fluorescent, neon blue fire crackled. His healing abilities were very, very shabby especially since he had absolutely no idea what a healed gem is supposed to even look like. In order to heal this kind of damage, Bill needed to fit the pieces of the gem back together and fuse them together with a mixture of lightning-fast demonic intellect and magic. He darted his hand down to catch more of the glitter specks that were falling from her back. He gulped. These needed to be perfectly aligned or else Lapis would... She wouldn’t... make it... Just, FOCUS CIPHER, FOCUS! 

            Fix the gem, fix the girl. That was the plan. Fix the... gem...

                       ....Wait just a minute here.

The gears in his head starting turning faster and faster. Her species were called gems. She had a huge gem sticking from her back. Her name was her gem that stuck from her back-

                           THAT’S IT!!!

“ Ok, ok, kid! Lapis! I figured it out--you’re whole mindscape situation, remember I couldn’t get it?! Well, I got it, sweetheart, I got it!!! Now, I just--I’m in your mind right now, I can see--just tell me what your gem looked like BEFORE the mermaids got to ‘ya! And then, since I have a sorta’ guide map, I’ll be able to fix ‘ya up, lickity split! ”

His hands were trembling. Would he fix her in time?!