Description: Connie breathes. “I…You…It wasn’t your fault Pearl, I know it wasn’t, and I don’t blame you or anythin—” “What did I do?” “It wasn’t you—” “Please, Connie. Tell me.” Connie and Pearl discuss what happened in White Diamond's Head—and find unexpected common ground.Gaze
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Description: Every instinct tells her that this is another bad dream, the likes of which she has experienced before countless times in the thirteen years since becoming a parent. “Are you okay?” She sniffs, forces herself to regain her composure before she fully turns to him. “You…you allow your son to…to do things like this all the time. How?” Dr. Maheswaran and Greg reflect after their respective children leave for Homeworld.Don't Grow Away From Me
Description: Pearl doesn’t turn to look at him as she walks past the couch where he’s sitting and proceeds to the stairs that lead to the loft. She ascends halfway—just enough to see Steven’s sleeping form in his bed—then stops, bowing her head. “I keep doing it too,” Greg says, after a moment. “Glancin’ up there to make sure he’s still there. Counting his breaths. Like if I stop, he’ll disappear again.” “I used to watch him sleep almost every night after he moved in here, until a little over a year ago. When he found out, he more or less told me that he didn’t want me to, so I stopped. But tonight, I…These past few days…” She pauses, and when she speaks again, it’s hardly louder than a whisper. “I thought I’d lost him.” Pearl and Greg, when Steven returns from Homeworld.You've Got a Lot in Common
Description: In the aftermath of Steven sacrificing himself to Homeworld, Pearl reimagines and reevaluates.Now I've Got to be There for Her Son
Description: “You were Pink Diamond’s Pearl.” “Yes.” Her cheeks flush blue. “Since before she got Earth.” “That is correct.” “Soooo. You musta been pretty involved in building the Kindergarten, huh.” “I…” Finally, Pearl turns her head to face Amethyst, then bows it. That’s all the confirmation the other Gem needs. “So all that stuff you always used to say, about the Kindergarten being a mistake, what you told Steven about it being horrible, and the Gems who built it being bad…you were talking about yourself, weren’t you?” Amethyst and Pearl debrief.Burdens
Description: She tells him gleefully, with as much of her alien naïveté as ever, when she comes to visit him at the car wash. When she does, the sponge falls out of his hand, and his hands fly to his head. “Pregnant?!” Rose always did what she wanted.Growing Inside