[walks toward Connie] OK. Be cool. Be cool, yeah. Be cool. [reaches to Connie] Hey!
[coughs] Nice weather you're wearing.
Oh, yeah. I forgot about those, because l've been living.
Well, back to my great life. Uh, [turns away from Connie nervously] chowzers. [runs back to Kevin; whimpering in worry] That was terrible! This is all wrong, Kevin!
No way. Look, little man. Your girl's making her way back for more.
[runs back to Steven; upset] Steven! What is going on?! I came here hoping we could talk, but it seems like you only want to talk to Kevin! I guess Kevin is your best friend now!
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[in unison] What? No, no, no.
[sighs] Anyway, l'm glad you're doing well. That's... all l really wanted to know. [walks away remorsefully]
No, no! But - but you're my best friend!
Best friend? What are you kids even talking about? I thought she was your ex! Great. Now what am l gonna do? Think, Kevin. How do people treat their friends?
[runs after Connie, who was about to hop on Lion's back] Connie! Wait, wait, Connie. Don't go.
Steven, l wasn't trying to ignore you. I was going to text you back. I - l wrote, "I can't talk to you right now." But then l realized if l sent it, that would be talking to you. And it didn't make any sense - l wasn't making any sense. If we were going to talk, l thought it's got to be in person. So l rode Lion to your house, but there was note that said, "Gone vacationing." And then l ran into Kevin and he said you'd be here, but, uhh... maybe this is still too soon. I - l don't even know what to say to you. I'm... angry? I miss you? I feel like l'm out of my mind.
No, you're not. I surrendered myself to Homeworld. I let them take me away, maybe forever, and then l came back and l tried to act like it was no big deal, but it was a big deal. I couldn't stand the thought of you being taken away on that spaceship, but... then l did that to you. I promised you we'd always be a team, and... l let you down. [tears up] I'm sorry. Jam buds?
[tears up] Jam buds. [she and Steven share an embrace] It's so good to talk to you. I've been wantint to see you so bad I accepted a party invitation from Kevin.
[chuckles, takes off the clothes Kevin gave him] I know, l took his advice. [laughs] I think he got his heart broken. I - It's actually really sad.
[chuckles] Of couese he did. [chuckles] Hey, nice shirt.
You don't get it, do you, Steven? [starts tearing up and sniffles] It should be me. [starts crying] I'm the one that should be hanging out with the Cool Kids! She's getting back at me for everything I've done!
Do you really think Sadie is living her life just to get back at you?
Why else would she be having so much fun without me?!
Because life goes on, no matter what happens. She was so upset when she found out you'd be stuck in space, Lars. She really misses you, but she can't stay sad forever. She started hanging out with the cool kids, she quit the Big Donut, all because she needed to do something to (make herself) feel better.
And look at you! Steven said you'd be hiding in some cave on Homeworld, but you're not! You're out here fighting for freedom with all your new friends in tow! Are you doing any of this to hurt Sadie?
No! I'm doing this because I have to. [tears up] I'd never do this to hurt Sadie because-
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Because you're best friends!
[Lars watches them fuse into Stevonnie]
And best friends wouldn't do anything to hurt each other!
But this is what you wanted.
[wakes up and gasps; turns to see Lapis is missing] Lapis? [faces forward and sees the silhouettes of Pink, Blue, and Yellow Diamond]
You begged us for a colony of your own, and now all you want to do is be rid of it. First there were too many organics. Then their cities were too difficult to dismantle, and-and now these Crystal Gems? We're tired of your excuses, Pink.
This Rose Quartz can't hurt you. You can't be swayed by a few unruly Gems. [holds her hand up in front of Pink Diamond's face, halting her as she's about to speak] Enough! You must understand, you are a Diamond. Everyone on this planet is looking to you. You don't even have to do anything. Just smile and wave. Show everyone you're unfazed by this little uprising. Your Gems will fall into line, and these Crystal Gems will be no more. As long as you are there to rule, this colony will be completed.
[shaking and slowly gets up] Rose. She... She... [struggles to stay stable and defuses into Ruby and Sapphire]
[betrayed with anger] SHE LIED TO US! She lied about EVERYTHING! [freezes up the floor] She held our hands, looked us right in the eyes and told us to never question who we are as Garnet. We never questioned ourselves, or her!
No! You couldn't have known. You never know what's going on. That's what I'm for!
But I never looked into her, I trusted her. I let her make fools of us all! [storms over to the warp pad]
Please! We can just stay calm and-- and talk about this, right? Let's just talk!
Talk about what? How our relationship is based on a lie? What else is there to say? [warps away to Rose's Fountain]
[grieving with sorrow] Everything we were running from, she was right there all along. Using us for her little war. Smiling at us with those knowing eyes... Making me believe in a better future that I couldn't see, because it wasn't real. And now here we are, our friends, shattered, and corrupted! Of course she was a Diamond. What a long road she took, to torture us like this.
It wasn't like that. You know she didn't want anyone to get hurt.
I don't know that! I clearly don't know anything.
You deserve to know everything. I was given to Pink Diamond just a few thousand years before she was given the Earth. I was supposed to make her happy, I just... never could.
Is everything alright, my Diamond? You seem troubled.
All this life that's been growing wild here on Earth... none of it will survive my invasion. We're not creating life from nothing. We're taking life, and leaving nothing behind.
Forgive me, my Diamond. I shouldn't have brought you to such a place.
No. I needed to see this.
[scene shifts back to the fountain]
So she did want to protect Earth. She didn't realize what the colony was doing to the planet.
So what?! She suddenly started to care about Earth? Why did she have to rope us into all this? Why couldn't she just stop the colonization herself?
She tried. When she told the other Diamonds she didn't want to go through with the colony, they told her to finish what she started. When she told the other Diamonds she wanted to preserve life on Earth, they created the zoo and threw a handful of humans in. She did everything she could as Pink Diamond. But her status meant nothing to Blue and Yellow. So she decided to make a stand, as someone they couldn't ignore. She was going to scare every Gem off the planet. But everything changed when she saw... your fusion.
Before Garnet, Rose was only fighting for Earth. But Garnet changed everything. Rose wanted to fight for her, she wanted to fight for Gems! And maybe she was foolish, and maybe even...selfish, but she was-
This whole time, we thought we were following her, but she was following us. How could she not after you swept her off her feet?
