[Good to know this is a pants-shitting experience for everyone involved. Except Blue Diamond, really... in fact, her emotions are surprising to Steven, and something about the mystery of them draws him in beyond his fear. He's guessed by now that fae magic has enhanced any sense of other's emotions that he had beforehand, and with that in mind, he's seeing a level of Blue Diamond that he may have never seen so transparently before.

There's the pain and anger that he expects and understands - he struggles to understand the events he knows she's thinking about, even though anything his mother did was for the good of all humanity. It's nearly impossible for him to fathom intentionally taking a life. Even now, it's hurts to think that his mother is truly responsible for the pain he's sensing now.

But there's a calm control he wasn't expecting, and an inquisitiveness that he might not have anticipated from someone as old and powerful as her. It makes her feel oddly human to him. It shouldn't be a surprise, considering how human all the gems he's met have the capacity to be. Even a diamond, though? It moves him.

His expression fades from one of sheer anxiety to a soft frown of contemplation, even as she moves him around like a someone looking over a horse. His gaze lingers on her, transfixed, until he can think of what to say.]

I... don't know how much Lapis told you...

[He starts uncertainly. He doesn't want to contradict something Lapis said, in case it starts a fight. Rose Quartz is already being mentioned, though, so...]

She... she was my mom. I don't remember anything she did, or why she did it, or... or what she wanted. I'm sorry.

[He looks away.]

I just have her gem. The rest of me is human.