I don't blame you, though! [ He hears a measure of misplaced guilt in what she has to say, frankly. But on the other side of that conclusion, she doesn't think that everything is his fault.
Steven steels himself and makes the assumption that it's okay to hug her, by that count. Incoming. ]
You didn't have to warn us they were coming to Earth, but you did. And you didn't tell them about what I could do, even though you got in trouble for it. [ If she hadn't been there, they'd all be dead or in space jail right now. Peridot was already fixing warp pads and trying to fix up the Kindergarten. She might even be trying to do it now. They might have just sent Gems anyway someday. No time for evacuating, no way to get ready. Who knows what could have happened? ]
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Steven steels himself and makes the assumption that it's okay to hug her, by that count. Incoming. ]
You didn't have to warn us they were coming to Earth, but you did. And you didn't tell them about what I could do, even though you got in trouble for it. [ If she hadn't been there, they'd all be dead or in space jail right now. Peridot was already fixing warp pads and trying to fix up the Kindergarten. She might even be trying to do it now. They might have just sent Gems anyway someday. No time for evacuating, no way to get ready. Who knows what could have happened? ]
You saved us.