Chapter Eleven: Through Her Eyes

She looked up, her eyes ringed.

She didn't need sleep, but she was accustomed to it, and so her gem stopped generating energy for her to run on.

Yellow Diamond observed the small slab of marble that rose no more than a few feet off the ground.

If it took a day for it to rise a yard, it would take about a month and a half for it to be done.

She scoffed. "I don't have time for this."

She turned, facing Aventurine, who was busy working on a blueprint she'd pulled up on her "finger monitor."

Yellow Diamond cleared her throat and Aventurine looked up. "Yes, ma'am?"

She barked at her. "Can't you find a way to make this stupid process faster?"

Aventurine flinched. "On it."

She had a whole list of names for her.

Lemur, strict, lemur... wait, she already thought of that.

She just looked like one with those ringed eyes.

After finding a way to make it rise an extra yard, she smiled at her leader, who didn't give her anything but a stern glare.

"I'm going to get those Gems corrupt... there's no way they'll craft a set of armor to take this place on, it's impossible... And besides, there were only four in existence, and they're too big for them..."

Aventurine stepped back, fear in her eyes. "What will you do with their gems once they've lost control over their corrupt forms?"

Yellow Diamond gave her a sharp smile. "We crush them. We crush their shards."

"EVERY. LAST. ONE."