[Perhaps, some several thousand years before, seeing them so obviously uncomfortable and perhaps frightened, she would have deliberately kept them around, perhaps demanded they amuse her for a little while in the absence of her precious Pearl.
But now things were a little different. This may be the traitor and matricidal quartz ... and her own lapis may well be a traitor alongside him. Tormenting them because of it wouldn't bring Pink back or make her feel better. What was the point of bothering?
After a solid minute or two of silence, possibly while they squirm, Blue Diamond sighs. It sounds terribly put-upon, as if the weight of this entire horrible circus was on her shoulders.]
Yes, of course. I believe your companion was preparing for some task in this place.
[And then she turns and vanishes from the tent in a brief ripple of deep blue cloth. She had her own duties to attend to soon, but there were things she would have to consider first, and work on reining in her grief again before it made working impossible. She had to keep herself on task now, or pay dearly for it.. The anxiety she leaves in her wake in comparison is utterly irrelevant.]
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But now things were a little different. This may be the traitor and matricidal quartz ... and her own lapis may well be a traitor alongside him. Tormenting them because of it wouldn't bring Pink back or make her feel better. What was the point of bothering?
After a solid minute or two of silence, possibly while they squirm, Blue Diamond sighs. It sounds terribly put-upon, as if the weight of this entire horrible circus was on her shoulders.]
Yes, of course. I believe your companion was preparing for some task in this place.
[And then she turns and vanishes from the tent in a brief ripple of deep blue cloth. She had her own duties to attend to soon, but there were things she would have to consider first, and work on reining in her grief again before it made working impossible. She had to keep herself on task now, or pay dearly for it.. The anxiety she leaves in her wake in comparison is utterly irrelevant.]