Steven Universe

And Steven!

It was so intense down there!

We were already a few layers into the earth's crust

when suddenly... wa-pamo! Ka-powie!

All these gross cluster limbs

started clawing at the drill!

So, I whip out the old photon blaster and "pew! Pew!"

P-chow! Chow!"

Take that, cluster!

And Steven was all, "my feelings!"

And then up and passes out on me!

Then everything started glowing, and... Well, yeah, wait.

I'm sure Steven can fill you in on the rest

since he's the one who saved us.

You should've seen it, right, Steven?

Tell 'em what happened in there!

Steven?

Hold on a sec.

I'll be right back.

I see you're worried about your friend.

Yeah.

When I saw her in my dreams,

it looked like she was fighting so hard

to keep Malachite from escaping.

Lapis spent an unbearable amount of time fused with Jasper.

The emotional and physical strain of that type of fusion,

I can't imagine.

She's gonna need a lot of time to recover.

You're right.

Come on. I'm dying to hear more

about what happened underground.

Okay.

Lapis, you're okay!

Steven!

You're... Leaving.

I have to, Steven.

I don't belong on earth, not with the crystal gems.

I never have.

It's okay. I understand.

I just wish we could've hung out more.

I feel like I only get to see you

when something horrible's going on.

That's just how it is with me.

Steven... Thank you.

Goodbye again.

Bye.

Are you sure you want to stay?

You could always come back to the temple with us

and live in the bathroom again.

No thanks.

I have seen what goes on in there.

Besides, I've grown accustomed to this place.

And I should probably fix the hole that I made

with my giant robot.

Mm. Okay, well, have fun redecorating!

Well, that's everything... And then some.

Steven, you ready to go home?

All seat belts are fastened!

Peridot says she's staying.

Eh, it's probably for the best.

I don't think she would've fit in the van.

You guys go on ahead. I'll catch up with you on lion.

Sure, uh, okay.

I'll see you in a bit.

See yaaa!

Now, where is that feline?

Lion?!

Hey, lion?!

Le-e-e-e-e-e-on!

I have a big steak right here in my hand for you!

Whoops, I dropped it, and it fell out of existence.

You can't hide from me for too long 'cause you love me so much!

Whoa!

Lapis!

Whew!

I...Thought you left.

I was leaving.

But then I realized I've got nowhere to go.

Who knows what they'd do to me back home

after what I did to Jasper.

I can't go back to homeworld, and I can't stay here.

Sure, you can. What?

You can totally stay here.

It doesn't have to be here here.

You can live anywhere.

You don't even have to stay in beach city

if you don't want to.

Ooh, y-you could live in surf city or sea city,

aqua town, bayburg,

and that's just the places I know of off the top of my head!

I can show you around. Really?

Yeah. We can find you a new place to live.

I really only know the tri-state area,

but my phone's got a global positioning system.

Oh, uh... Okay.

Let's go look.

Ready, Freddy?

My name's Lapis.

You okay like this? Mm-hmm.

Uhhhh! Uhhhh!

Uhh!

Whoo!

So, how about this?

You could live out here in the country!

No noise, no rules.

It'd just be you becoming one with nature.

Whoa!

Why would I want to do that?

It's fun!

If you lived in these trees,

you could build a giant bird's nest

and have squirrels for pets.

You could eat acorn pie every night,

and when it gets hot or it rains,

you'd be protected by these nice leaves.

Leaves?

Lapis, look at this!

This leaf turned orange.

That means the seasons are changing from summer to fall.

Soon, it's gonna happen to all the leaves on all the trees.

Wow.

So, what do you think?

Oh. I'm not sure.