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If she hadn’t been dragged here, Petra wouldn’t be here.

Of all things, Petra wanted to believe herself to be incredibly strong and independent- rebellious, assertive, and unique in her own sense. But whenever the flashbacks and the depression had gotten to the point that she could hardly pull herself out of bed, she knew she didn’t have any other choice. 

It took a while for the Padparadscha to reply, who continued to look incredibly excited about meeting the other, neck tilted up towards her voice.

“Oh! Hello! Are you one of Steven’s guardians?” It felt like the most logical question for the Sapphire to ask, tilting her head to the side. “Steven did something marvelous! This is Earth, correct?”

Pearl couldn’t help but feel concerned immediately. Part of her felt like she’d intruded on something private- was Tiff made here? Thoughts of Amethyst sprung to mind almost immediately when she considered it, and she could feel her fingers digging into her arms slightly. This... wasn’t a place of good, solid memories, and Pearl genuinely didn’t want to stay.

So what was Tiff doing here?

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Bornite hadn’t come back to this place for a while. It was the first place he had ever met her.

She had accepted him, despite the strange colours he had possessed despite being a Grey Agate. She had even given him the knowledge that he was something entirely, so he could never have been what others had expected of him.

She had told him that he was more than just some cog in the machine, a nameless worker among many. He had exchanged his services for her acceptance. 

He hadn’t heard from her or her other members for a while. He had only received one final note saying they were safe and that he could go as he wished. Most of them did. 

“You wouldn’t be able to see it from here.” Tiff admitted, giving a small, rather empty laugh “If you could even call it home, I suppose. Upsilon Andromedae C is where I was made. Funnily enough, though, Earth feels a lot more like home than that colony did. M-Maybe cause I get to be myself here?”

“Ah, s-sorry, I’m rambling” The gem fidgeted, turning her gaze to her hands rather than the stars above her “Wh-What was it that you were saying? About stars?”

“Oh... I uh... I was just thinking about the planets in our galaxy, you know, the solar system, and which people would see it as home, ehehe... I’m sorry. I don’t even know why that came to mind.” 

It seemed that he wasn’t about to question that answer, despite how strange it was. Perhaps he had seen or heard too many odd things already. 

“It sounds fascinating though,” he added, “But yeah, Earth has gotten better. Some people still sadly can’t be themselves because of how others might treat them, but we’re definitely a lot better than we were fifty years ago or so, even if we still have a long way to go.”

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