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“Rose..”

Pearl couldn't believe her eyes. She'd imagined this so many times, being able to see her just one more time, but so many questions flooded her mind. How was this possible? And one of the ones screaming the loudest: Where was Steven? She could feel her eyes welling with tears, holding herself back from rushing to hug her. A part of her was afraid to make contact, wondering if this was just another one of those “dreams.” She played it safe for now.

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Whilst they had been talking, Bismuth continued working. That was just what she was supposed to do. Homeworld frowned upon Bismuths that were slothful for too long, after all. However, the posed questions made her pause. Her hammer hovered just above where she had been working, and a slow blink was her first response.

A typical bismuth would have answered that she was fine just where she was. Building was their job, after all. Bismuth, though, was not typical. There always had been a fascination within her that she couldn’t really pursue. Bismuths could survive extremely hot temperatures. They needed to if they were going to work with the materials they did. Yet all they did, now that she thought of it, was build.

“No one’s ever asked me that before,” Bismuth said. Who would care about a bismuth’s opinion? Someone did now, and she had the chance to answer for it.

“Every assignment is the same for me. Build this tower for this diamond’s colony on this planet. Build this spire here. Oh, the elites are gonna love all the hard work you put into this.”

“But no one else gets to enjoy it,” Bismuth explained. She was tired of it. Not only that, but now that she really did think about it? There was so much untapped potential. She’d thought of it now and then, when she thought about how they could survive heat the way they did, but never acted on it. Not really. Now was her chance.

“So you say.” Dib states, looking at the gem full of suspicion. He was not going to fall for the tactic of ‘acting innocent only to stab you in the back’. How dumb and gullible would he have to be to follow through with that? He had plenty of reason to be wary, and he wasn’t going to give up this belief. He had been Earth’s sole defender for so long, he wasn’t quite ready to relinquish any ground. 

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“We sure did have a lot of excitement.” She brushed off the second part as though it hadn’t been all over her face moments before. Even after all this time, Pearl still felt an immense amount of terror any time Rose was not in her sight. She still clung to her sword stiffly in her hand long after tonight’s endeavors came to a halt. She’d do anything for Rose. 

“You all really had me going there for a second.” Her words teetered on admitting her fright, but she still thought she was hiding it well. 

“Mom’s back! Mom’s back!”

Yes, there was that typical Steven excitement. He’d finished up his homework for the day a bit earlier than expected so, after getting french fries and hanging out with Peedee for a bit, Steven had done what he always did. He headed down to the beach to wait for his more magical side of the family. Sure enough, she’d arrived.

“Mooooom!” Steven hurried over to her and greeted her with an enthusiastic hug. His small body wouldn’t make much of an impact, but he liked giving big hugs. Especially when he got to see his mom again after a long day.

“I missed you! I...”

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She already was the answer? The fusion didn’t understand at first. Then, she thought about what it might mean. Being herself, existing at all, felt right. Ruby and Sapphire being together felt right, too, but she still wasn’t quite sure of why that was. But if Rose said that she shouldn’t question it, then maybe it was okay that she didn’t understand it.

“...Okay,” she said at last. There still was one small thing, though. One thing that was still plaguing Garnet’s mind and wouldn’t leave her alone. That was her identity.

“I-I still don’t know what I should call myself, though,” she said. “I’m not Ruby, and I’m not Sapphire. I’m...” A walking contradiction? Perhaps so. That still didn’t give her the answer of a name, though. Was this something she had to figure out on her own?