" # We # - # are the Crystal #" " # Gems # - # we'll always save the day #" "♪ and if you think we can't ♪" "♪ we'll always find a way ♪" " # that's why the people # - # of this world #" " # believe in... # - # Garnet #" " # Amethyst # - # and Pearl #" "♪ And Steven!" "♪" ""Keeping It Together"" "We need to track down Peridot." "We found her pod." "We know she's out there somewhere." "She came to Earth with a job to do, and odds are she's still gonna try to do it." "That's why I've gathered you here." "I thought it was so you could help me fold all this laundry." "Mm, that too." "The chore wheel idea you had fell apart fast." "Wasn't me." "I just really enjoy doing all of those things." "It's better if we do them together." "Humans should just stop wearing clothes." " It'd be a lot funnier." " Hey!" "I'm a civilified part-human, thank you very much." " Clothing is a must." " Hmm." "This is a lot." "I bet this folding would go faster if Ruby and Sapphire were here." "I'm sure they'd be glad to see you, Steven, but I am not unfusing for laundry." " Aw." " Garnet, you don't think" "Peridot would come looking for us, do you?" "We weren't her priority." "She was sent here to do something in the Kindergarten." "Do you think she's still going to try to reactivate it?" "Mm." "If she gets it up and running," " the injectors will turn back on." " In... jectors?" " W-What are those?" " You've already seen them." "Well, you've seen them disabled." "If Peridot reactivates them, they'll pick right up where they left off ... planting Gems in the crust of the Earth, where they'll incubate and suck the life right out of the ground." "We can't let Peridot restart Gem production here." " If we do, the entire planet will become..." " Janked." "Garnet!" "That mouth!" "Don't worry." "We'll stop her." " Come on, Crystal Gems." " Coming." "As long as we don't have to fold anything." " Steven." " Come on." "That means you, too, right?" "You're a civilified part-Gem, too, after all." "Garnet, are you sure we should bring Steven?" " This might be dangerous." " Peridot's got nothing we can't handle." "Well, nothing looks activated." "In fact, it doesn't look like anything's budged" " since the last time we were here." " You're right." "But just because Peridot hasn't been here yet" " doesn't mean she won't come." " Hm." "Let's do a thorough check of the perimeter." " Mm-hmm." " That way, we can monitor" " any future entry." " Hm." "Sounds good to me." "Mm, mmm, mm, mmm, mm, mmm, mm, mmm, mm, mmm, mm, mmm, mm, mmm, mm..." "Log date 652." "This is Peridot." "Updating status ... still stuck on miserable planet." "The fusion experiments are developing properly." "A few have even emerged early ..." "Eugggh!" "Huh!" "Are the other ones with you?" " Of course." "Why not?" " Peridot!" "There she is!" "There's nowhere to go!" "You're cornered!" "Hey!" "I can't do that!" "Neither can she!" "Ha!" "Missed!" "Huh?" "Do you think she's hurt?" "!" "Nope." "Whoooa!" "Hot whip!" "You crystal clods!" "Go ahead!" "Wreck this place!" "See if I care." "I already got what I needed." "Get back here!" " I'm gonna bop her good!" " I'll help!" "Hurry, Garnet!" "If Peridot's mission was to reactivate the Kindergarten, the injectors would be on." "Look." " They're not." " Oh." "Oh." "Let's see what she was actually doing." " Down here." " Oh." "Oh!" "You're brains and brawn..." "the whole package." " Thank you." " Ah." "Is it 'cause you're a fusion?" "I have to keep some of my secrets." "Aw, please?" "I want to know!" "Is the strong part of you Ruby and the wise part of you Sapphire?" "It's all of both." "When two Gems combine, it creates something greater than the sum of their parts." "That's why I'm so great." "What's it like to stay fused all the ..." "Whoa." "I don't know how, but this place is even creepier than the last time we were here." "Yes." "There's something going on." "The power's not on." "What was Peridot doing?" "It looks like she pulled these out of the walls." "Something's strange." "Garnet?" "Is there... something in there?" "Whoa!" "What are they?" "What is it?" "It looks like two gem shards stuck together." "Is that what all these things are?" "Gems... stuck together?" "Garnet?" "What was that?" " Mnh-mnh." " Garnet?" "Uh..." "Garnet!" "What do we do?" "!" "Please!" "Talk to me!" "These were Crystal Gems shattered into pieces." " They were buried together." " Why aren't you moving?" "!" "They were forced together." "They were forced to fuse." "This is wrong." "I-I-I'm sorry." "No!" "No, Garnet!" "You're coming undone!" "Garnet!" "Garnet!" "Garnet!" "Please!" "What's the matter?" "!" "This isn't like you!" "We did it!" "Garnet?" "So, this is what homeworld thinks of fusion." "We couldn't have known they would do this." "This is where they've been ..." "all the ones we couldn't find." "They've been here the whole time!" "Rose couldn't have known." "This was punishment for the rebellion!" " It's not our fault!" " Garnet!" "S-Steven." "Yo." "We're back." "Garnet, we lost Peridot." "Her fingers were too fast for us." " Um... what are these things?" " Put them down!" "What?" "We need to poof and bubble all of them." "We can't let any escape." "Oh." "Hey, Garnet." "How's it going?" "Still damp." "Oh." "Right ... the clothes." "There are towels in there." "Do we even have plumbing up here?" "How do you get the washer and dryer to work?" "Magic." " Are you... all right?" " I wish you hadn't seen that." " Aw, it's okay." " It's not okay." " W-Why?" " What homeworld did ... taking the shattered parts of fallen Gems and combining them." "Those Gems weren't asked permission." "Fusion is a choice." "Those Gems weren't given a choice." "It isn't right!" "It isn't fusion!" "What's it like, being a fusion?" " You've fused." " I mean, like, all the time." "Do you forget who you used to be?" "You forget you were ever alone." "You know, when you fuse, you don't feel like two people." "You feel like one being." "And your old names might as well be names for your left arm and your right." "When you split up, is it like you disappear?" "I embody my ..." "I mean, Ruby and Sapphire's love." "I'll always exist in them, even if I split apart." "But the strength of that love keeps me together, so I can stay Garnet for a very long time." "That's why you're so great." "Oh, no!" " Don't want to break up a pair." " Yeah." "You're right." "They belong together."