Bismuth, Peridot, and Connie watched from the ground as the group ascended. For the Gems, this was a return to a nightmare they thought they’d escaped. For Steven, it was a trip to a home he’d never known, to meet a grandmother who had never existed.
Steven stood on the sand, his breath coming in ragged hitches. Blue and Yellow Diamond—entities he had feared as god-like tyrants for years—were kneeling. Not in defeat, but in a state of shattered realization. The "shattered" Rose Quartz was standing right in front of them, inhabiting the body of a fourteen-year-old boy with stars in his eyes. [S5E25] Legs From Here to Homeworld
Steven looked up, his pink shield flickering instinctively. He realized then that White didn't see a new person. She didn't see a war, or a revolution, or the thousands of years of suffering on Earth. To her, the last six thousand years were just a game of hide-and-seek that was finally over. Bismuth, Peridot, and Connie watched from the ground
