“ Am I.. ? Thank you, dear. “ Part of it made sense to her she was the more… lenient of the diamonds with the boy. But she was far from a perfect caretaker.

There was a moment of pause as Anya looked up from her book as she herd Steven talking to her, having been lost in her studies that she might have forgotten Steven was there in the first place. Dark eye's would slowly pull up from the words on the pages, meeting Steven standing beside her as he had asked the question. He was hungry, guess the human part of him needed to eat then? Interesting. A small nod would come from Anya as she slowly got up from the sofa she was sat on, placing the book against the side table.

@diamcndlegacy asked: “You’re my new best friend!”

Spinel wrapped her arms around Steven, squeezing him into a hug

"Yay!!"

@diamcndlegacy

When Spinel heard a voice, she immediately looked up at the origin of the sound, having hoped that Pink was finally back. But it didn't take long for her to realize that wasn't Pink...but instead...someone who had the same gem as her but looked nothing alike.

Spinel looked in confusion at the stranger. They claimed to be Pink, but apart from the gem, they looked nothing like her. And besides what even was a Steven?

When she tried to speak, her voice sounded very coarse from the very long period of silence.

@diamcndlegacy said // ❛  i trusted you!  ❜

🔶 She's a strange one too! She otherwise would have simply sprinted into action if not for the sound of their voice, but the way she turns to face them, her midsection turns first, then her chest and head, like they were wheels on a bolt. Her many arms poised elegant even as she glances around for the voice. And she looks down, and she spots them and crouches to meet them.

" Oh-- oh my stars, of course..! I nearly forgot-- you must be our dear little Steven! The boy that has yet to see a fusion quite as magnanimous~ as myself... " A long and slender hand finds her tuxedoed chest, a playful laugh at her own self praise.

" Let me explain. Here's the twist-- we know each other! I~ am what happens when not just two, but three gems... combine into one being. Recognize them? " She raises her gem-set palms up to her forehead. And she does a little jazz hands. They didn't see her fuse so-- she felt that needed explanation. " And together we are something greater than the sum of our parts... If I do say so myself. Myself being, without further ado-- Sardonyx~! " She stands up tall just to bow for them.

" And it is my truest pleasure to perform for you tonight! "

💔 " Y-yeah! Yeah I think we are! "

The way she answers, it doesn't seem to occur to her they might be wondering how she feels about him. Maybe she thought the attachment was evident, considering how she's been clinging to him. Her hands tuck behind her back to mime timidness. " Not to toot my own horn but... I think he might like havin' me around... Heehee! To come scoop me up like that after so long-- bein' their best pal is the least I could do, ya know? I- I just wanna do my best... " Does she seem a little on edge? Maybe she still is. Cut her some slack, she's got a lot on her mind...

" I know I don't know him that well yet but... He seems really... New. Different. Different than everyone. Yeah... maybe this time'll be... different. "