[She swivels around, eyes wide. Blue had chosen to be here, for a prize she very much wanted, and had assumed Yellow did too. Surely Homeworld wouldn't notice, it was only a year and a day and that might as well be an afternoon by human reckoning.
But being stolen was unspeakable sacrilege.]
I think we shall have words with the creature that rules this place. Being here voluntarily is acceptable but forcing a diamond to be here against her will is unacceptable!
[There's a pause as the rest of it sinks in, slowly, through the indignation of having a comrade treated as if she were a common gem.]
I had not seen other gems here yet. How badly are they corrupted?
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[She swivels around, eyes wide. Blue had chosen to be here, for a prize she very much wanted, and had assumed Yellow did too. Surely Homeworld wouldn't notice, it was only a year and a day and that might as well be an afternoon by human reckoning.
But being stolen was unspeakable sacrilege.]
I think we shall have words with the creature that rules this place. Being here voluntarily is acceptable but forcing a diamond to be here against her will is unacceptable!
[There's a pause as the rest of it sinks in, slowly, through the indignation of having a comrade treated as if she were a common gem.]
I had not seen other gems here yet. How badly are they corrupted?