Wait a second.

Wait a second.

"Me having this the whole time actually explains so much about my successes."

"...do you need an instruction manual for all our gem's abilities? Because I'll write it, if you do."

"I'll think about it."

Meanwhile, Ruby and Sapphire make it up between each other by deciding they should be significantly mad at Pearl.

"Oh joy."

"Well, they did have a cause to be mad. Pearl lied to them about something very important for them."

(...)

"I'll be taking us to the moment when Garnet and Pearl reconcile. It's actually pretty soon."

It only takes the two being stuck in a deathtrap together!

"I'm sure they'd make peace eventually anyway."

Could have taken years though.

"Of course they would."

"Almost forgot to ask: Did the Earth react to all the communications being jammed worldwide repeatedly?"

"Yeah, though not as much as you'd think. There wasn't the kind of mass panic that happened during Lapis's departure; it kinda coulnd't compete. Humans did not manage to find out where the signal was coming from; and they couldn't understand spoken Gem."

"Fascinating!"

You know what else is fascinating? Steven getting kidnapped in his sleep!

But not, like, for malicious purposes.

Peridot just really wants Steven to help her get off the planet. Because Earth is "not gonna be like anything, soon!"

"Oh no."

"Yeah. Good thing I investigated this after we poofed her."

Because soon after, the other Crystal Gems poof Peridot and dismiss everything she says as desperate lies of a cornered gem!

"Did all of you almost die there, and the Earth with you? Just want to clarify this."

"Honestly, yeah. But there weren't many close calls that were THIS close. Jasper defeating eveyone was pretty bad, and then White Diamond's trial was kind of a terrifying hail mary, but.

Most of the time, we had our situation more or less under control."

"O-okay."

Steven frees Peridot to investigate.

Peridot awkwardly tries to escape and... ends up barricading herself in the bathroom.